technology; technique; technical
retention; maintenance; preservation
(instruction) manual; operations manual; basic rules (pertaining to how a job should be carried out); (car with) manual transmission
have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary
(cutting) with a single stroke; lopping off (branches, etc.); (cutting hair) short; drastically (slash a budget, etc.); resolutely; ruthlessly (discard, etc.)
roughly; approximately; (cutting) in one stroke; (breaking apart) with vigour; (cutting) deeply; (splitting) wide open
heart; guts; nerve; central part
to spill; to fall out of; to peek through; to become visible (although normally not); to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)
ripening (of a crop); crop; harvest
to buy all (of something) one can get one's hands on; to buy up; to scoop up
half in doubt; half-convinced; dubious; incredulous
knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice
to open out (of a view, scenery, etc.); to spread out; to improve (of luck, prospects, etc.); to get better; to develop (of a town, civilization, etc.); to become civilized; to be sensible
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
circle; "correct"; "good"; *; _; period
ding (of a bell); bing; honk (i.e. sound of blowing one's nose); snort; heating in a microwave; cooking in a microwave
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
fleeting (glimpse, glance, etc.)
consciousness; becoming aware (of); awareness; mano-vijnana (mental consciousness, cognizer of sensory information)
to come true (of a wish, prayer, etc.); to be realized; to suit (e.g. a purpose); to meet (wishes, ideals, etc.); to match (implies competition); to rival
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
to become sulky; to become irresponsible (due to disgruntlement)
Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)
to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve
to deal a blow in return; to hit back; to punch back; to reject; to send back
family; members of a family
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
renewal; update; innovation; improvement
(finishing something) suddenly; abruptly
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
to betray; to turn traitor to; to double-cross
base; mean; vulgar; despicable; low
to slip through; to make one's way through quickly
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
(clenched) fist; knuckles
to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to set free; to release; to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)
without permission; without notice
base (of a plant, tree, pillar, etc.); (part near the) root; roots (of one's hair); root (e.g. of a problem); source
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
standard; basis; criterion; norm; reference; datum
to strike; to hit; to beat; to punch
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity