scientific capability; scientific ability (e.g. of a student); scientific strength (e.g. of a country); level of technological development
to see to it that ...; to make sure that ...; to try to ...; to make an effort to ...
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
doubt; distrust; suspicion (of)
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
civilization; civilisation; culture; Bunmei era (1469.4.28-1487.7.20)
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
(philosophy of) not rocking the boat; (principle of) letting sleeping dogs lie
if you can't beat them; join them; you can't fight city hall; if your adversaries are stronger than you, it is better to join their side than to fight them
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support
not knowing what to do with the time one has on one's hand
both hands; both arms; ten
-off (price reduction); discount; -coated; -plated
(arch.) Chinese "Extended Net" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); counter for objects with stretched strings (i.e. bows, kotos), curtains, papers, etc.
-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as ...; expresses a command; (arch.) to be; (arch.) indicates completion or continuation of an action
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully
practical use; application; making good use of; conjugation; inflection
afterwards; at a later time; later on; after some time
reason; grounds; pretext; excuse; motive
to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
to get hungry; to become hungry
squeaking (of an engine, skis on snow, etc.)
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with (skillfully); handling (well); managing
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
haste; hurry; urgency; in a hurry; quickly; with haste
cooking for oneself; cooking one's own food; doing one's own cooking; scanning a book or magazine to create an ebook by oneself
timewise; temporal; chronal
seasoning; flavoring; flavouring; condiment
cheese; tee (piping); T-joint; cheese (said when taking a photograph)
freezing; cold storage; refrigeration