groundwork; foundation; inclination; aptitude; undercoat; first coat
factory; plant; mill; workshop
to put someone to work; to make someone work
to abide (by the rules); to keep to the regulations
conveyor belt; belt conveyor
parts; accessories; components
to have learning; to be educated
exceptional; unusual; extraordinary; unprecedented; singular
selection (from many people for an important position); exceptional promotion
to distinguish; to recognize; to recognise; to tell apart; to differentiate
Shuhari; three stages of mastery: the fundamentals, breaking with tradition, creating one's own techniques
suburb; residential area on the outskirt of a city; commuter belt
middle section of a song (in gagaku or noh)
li (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: fire, south)
system; organization; organisation; imperial command; laws; regulation
multiple choice (e.g. question)
social status; social position; social standing
to vitalize (e.g. an industry); to invigorate; to energize; to establish (e.g. a company); to build up; to set up
doctor's degree; doctorate; PhD
that is not supposed to ...; that ought not to ...; that should never ...; that cannot possibly ...
friendly army; friendly troops; allied army
bombing (shelling) the wrong target; (be killed by) friendly fire
to do drugs; to take (illicit) drugs
tattoo (esp. a traditional Japanese one); tattooing
madness; craziness; insanity
straight face; composed expression; nonchalant look
dawn; daybreak; event (e.g. "in the event of ..."); occasion; occurrence
to manage; to settle; to dispose of; to deal with; to arrange
it says ...; it reads ...; ... is written
abuse; misuse; perversion
purple smoke; tobacco smoke
remains; dregs; vestiges; remnant; residue
in the mountains; among the mountains
to collapse on the street (from illness, hunger, exhaustion, etc.); to fall down dead on the road