technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
how many years; how long; what year
cooking for oneself; cooking one's own food; doing one's own cooking; scanning a book or magazine to create an ebook by oneself
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
delivery pizza; home-delivered pizza
to get tired of; to lose interest in; to be fed up with; to have enough
self-education; self-instruction; self-study
to get the hang of; to learn the secret to
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
grain; bead; drop; counter for small round objects including grains, seeds, pills, drops
to flick off; to give (someone) the flick; to send (something) flying; to hit (a person); to knock down
on the occasion of; at the time of
to jump; to leap; to break up; to close; to hit (e.g. to have a car hit something or someone)
according to plan; as planned; on target
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
last night; yesterday evening
while; during (the time when)
to rest; to suspend; to give relief
bad condition; not to work out (i.e. a deal); disagreement; break-off; disorder; slump
impediment; burden; encumbrance; hindrance; drag
to behave; to conduct oneself; to entertain; to treat someone (to a drink); to make tea for someone (tea ceremony)
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
another; one more; not quite; not very good; lacking
to dream (i.e. while asleep); to have a dream; to dream (of the future); to have a fleeting experience
that's true; of course; obviously
to make a slip of the tongue; to say something inadvertently; to blurt out without thinking
considerably; not a little; in no small numbers
to be flustered; to lose one's presence of mind
to contemplate; to ponder; to think long about; to turn over in one's mind
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
the more I think about it; the more one thinks about it
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory
in that manner; like that
to touch; to feel; to get involved (with); to approach; to be harmful to; to hinder
(not) in the slightest; (not) at all
mystery; mysteriousness; secret
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
entrance; entry; gate; approach; mouth
to be within others' sight; to be visible; to be conspicuous; to attract public attention; to come under observation
walking; pace; step; course (of history, one's life, etc.); history; pitch (of a screw, etc.)
fine weather; fair weather
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
sunlight; rays of the Sun