to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
research team; investigative team; survey team; reconnaissance team; investigative commission; fact-finding party
party; group; crew; company (of troops); corps; unit
half-moon; half a month; semicircle
hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar
technical prowess; technical ability; technical finesse; technological prowess; technological capabilities
dweller; inhabitant; resident; user (of a website)
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone
an idle brain is the devil's shop
in accordance with; following; roughly; about; Street; Avenue
development; exploitation
prototype; model; pattern; archetypal
ice; shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)
to cool (from room temperature); to chill; to calm down; to cool off; to be frightened (at); to be scared (of)
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
lower part; substructure; subordinate (office); good and faithful servant
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
measurement; size; extent; plan; intention; arrangement
just like that; in the twinkling of an eye; in the blink of an eye; (lit.) in the time it takes to say "ah!"
to melt; to thaw; to fuse; to dissolve
either way; in any case; one way or another
realistic; practical; feasible
far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far
with a great deal of effort; laboriously
human power; human strength; human effort; human agency
crazy deed; unbelievable deed; the height of madness; act of sheer madness
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
simultaneously; all at once; in unison
estrangement; alienation; disaffection
home (family, domestic) life
failure; collapse; breakdown; break-up; bankruptcy
favorable treatment; favourable treatment; hospitality; warm reception; good treatment; hearty welcome
rest; recess; vacation; holiday; dormancy (of a silkworm prior to moulting)
preferential treatment; special treatment; discrimination; express delivery; special delivery
maintenance; preservation; improvement
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
female high-school student
not having enough workers; being understaffed; being undermanned; having nothing one can do about something; having no options
to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address