origin; beginning; source; rise
natural state; natural condition
to exert (influence); to exercise; to cause (e.g. damage); to do (e.g. harm); to bring about (e.g. benefits); to extend
concatenation; coupling; connection; linking; consolidation (e.g. of company accounts)
court lady; lady-in-waiting (Heian period); separate room in a palace (esp. for a lady) (Heian period); room for a very low class prostitute; very low class prostitute
to allow; to enable; to make possible; to make feasible; to permit
being independent; standing on one's own; becoming independent
to be erected; to be built
correction; rectification; mending; repair
(showing) no reaction; non-reaction; straight face
bio-; biotechnology; VAIO (Sony brand-name)
single; single bed; hotel room with a single bed; single-breasted; single-cuffed; single width (of cloth; usu. 0.71 meters); singles (e.g. in tennis)
desktop; desktop computer; desktop of a computer (the primary screen for most graphical-based computer operating systems)
window; window (shop display)
assistant language teacher; ALT; foreign national serving as an assistant teacher of English in a Japanese classroom; alanine aminotransferase; ALT
in (of a ball, in tennis, etc.); inside the line; in; inside; enter here; enter
GI (soldier in the US Army); G.I.
work; labor; achievement; performance; salary; income
pillow talk; conversation in bed; bedtime story
poem; poetry; verse; Chinese poem
to comb out; to brush; to untangle; to unravel
movie theatre; movie theater; cinema
your Excellency; his Excellency; her Excellency
successive generations; successive emperors
teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; (arch.) five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou-dynasty Chinese army)
punctuation; pause; juncture; end; (place to) stop
to scatter; to disseminate (e.g. a rumor); to spread (e.g. germs); to distribute widely (e.g. leaflets); to hand out freely; to spend recklessly