starting point; origin; origin (of coordinate axes); datum point
decrepitude; senescence; superannuation
disposal (usu. of unwanted government assets); sale
preservation; conservation; storage; saving (e.g. to disk)
huge; enormous; great big
advanced materials; new high-tech materials
fuel consumption; gas mileage
offering to a deity or somebody's spirit; tribute to a person who is about to depart
self-satisfaction; (self-)complacency; smugness
life and death; samsara (cycle of death and rebirth); death
military cadet; officer cadet
cleaning; clean-up; garbage collection; scavenging
cramp; sprain; unreasonableness; absurdity; illogical; unreasonable
boss; leader; kingpin; chief; head (e.g. of a crime syndicate)
performance of one's official duties
to base something on; to make something the basis
(turned out) all right in the end
to become numb; to go to sleep (e.g. a limb); to get an electric shock; to tingle (from an electric shock); to be excited; to be titillated
still more; even more; much more; increased; greater
story; topic (on everyone's lips); (the stuff of) legend
fierce fight; close contest
Wagyu beef; Japanese beef
face; looks; vestiges; trace
to follow with one's gaze; to follow with the eyes
teriyaki (meat or fish marinated in sweet soy sauce and broiled)
chicken; coward; scaredy-cat; chicken
to grow fat; to gain weight; to grow fertile; to be refined (palate); to be discerning (eye, ear); to become rich
to be used to eating; to become used to eating; to be accustomed to eating; to acquire a taste for
remaining heat; waste heat
to freeze (of one's body); to be frozen; to become numb (with cold); to be chilled
to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring