present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times
both; both sides; both parties
such a stupid ...; what a crazy ...; no way!; what nonsense!; how can that be?
applying (e.g. a technology); adoption
user's manual; instruction manual; operation manual
smoothly; easily; readily
to read and understand; to subject to close analysis; to read deeply; to decipher; to decode
front; frontage; facade; main
sit down; sit up; Sit! (to a dog)
hidden room; secret chamber
button (clothing); push-button
deployment; disposition; posting; stationing
glazing; fitting with glass; transparency; openness; lack of secrecy
machinery; gadgetry; equipment
working; in operation; running; active
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
on the desk; theoretical; academic; armchair (e.g. plan)
kind; sort; type; similar example; parallel; the like
arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition; configuration
equipment; device; installation; stage setting
board; plank; sheet (of metal); plate (of glass); cutting board; chopping board
screen (of a TV, computer, etc.); image (on a screen); picture; surface of a painting (picture, drawing, etc.)
meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting
to read out; to read aloud; to call out; to finish reading; to read through
utensil; implement; tool; instrument; appliance; apparatus
record (e.g. LP); record (e.g. in sports); record (data structure)
to gaze at; to fix one's eyes upon
with intense concentration; eagerly; intently; devouringly
(outward) looks; features; face; countenance; expression
on purpose; deliberately; intentionally
looking like (someone); taking after (either of one's parents)
in that manner; like that
to respond; to satisfy; to accept; to comply with; to apply for
simultaneously striking one another (in kendo, etc.); draw; tie
to hug someone close; to hold someone tight; to embrace closely
with a rustling sound; rippling (of a stream, etc.); murmuring; slurping down (ochazuke); quickly and easily (e.g. write a letter); with ease