(rock) crystal; high purity quartz
palace; tonic (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); ancient Chinese punishment (castration for men, or confinement for women); zodiacal sign
the way it was; the way it used be; as of old; in former times
to stand (still) a while; to loiter; to stop
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
tone (of voice); manner of talking
uninterested; unconcerned; plain; light; flowing gently
greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; revenge
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time
Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny
house; one's house; one's home; one's family
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
paying one's own expenses; going into business for oneself; working independently; person who earns their own living
smelling burnt; smelling scorched; smelling of gunpowder (i.e. as if armed conflict is about to break out); tense; suspicious; dubious
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
to speak; to talk; to mediate; to act as a go-between; to put in a good word (for someone)
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
to catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)
development; exploitation
to explain; to dispel doubts
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
research establishment; research institute; laboratory
crime; criminal act; offence; offense
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
wonderful; splendid; magnificent
to reverberate; to resound; to echo; to have one's fame spread; to be renowned
business rival; professional jealousy
without compensation; without reward; without pay; free (of charge)
offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)
to get in; to go in; to come in; to flow into; to set; to set in
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
restriction; restraint; limitation; limit
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
to dump (e.g. onto the floor); to empty by overturning; to throw out (contents); to tell everything; to reveal everything; to open one's heart
very interesting; of great interest
having in mind; happening to know of; idea
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
pirated edition; pirated version; bootleg copy
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or somebody else