inferior goods; defective product; defective goods
to revere; to respect; to worship
invention; intelligent; clever; (arch.) making sense (of something); (arch.) understanding
T; t; ton; tonne; (airport) terminal; nth year in the Taishō era (1912.7.30-1926.12.25)
accent (of one's speech); dialect; provincialism; corrupted form (e.g. of word); mispronunciation
light blue; pale blue; aqua
fortune slip (usu. bought at a shrine)
laboratory; seminar room; professor's office
stolen goods; loot; spoils
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss
conversion; diversion; changeover; commutation; switchover
et cetera; etc.; and the like; the likes of; something like
assistance; support; subsidy; supplement; auxiliary; subsidiary
tiny amount (degree, extent); paltry amount; slightest bit
proposition; thesis; notion; problem; issue; challenge
local specialty; special product (of a region)
to watch over; to watch attentively
idle gossip; foolish talk; yarn
(no matter) who; everyone; anyone; nobody
how many people; a number of people
and yet; even so; nonetheless; for all that
establishing; founding; setting up; organizing; establishment
rearing; training; nurture; cultivation; promotion
expansion; extension; enlargement; escape; ESC
whim; caprice; whimsy; fickle; moody; uneven temper
clanging (of a bell); jangling; ding-dong; continuously; incessantly; one after another
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
firmly; solidly; heartily
firearms; missile; projectile weapon
to fire a gun; to let off a gun; to loose off a shell
bento; Japanese box lunch
(a) dose; (a) puff; (a) smoke; lull; short rest
particular; special; exceptional; particularly; especially; exceptionally