side road; byroad; digression (e.g. from argument)
one's company; company one works for; in-house; belonging to the company
in-house manufactured goods
build-to-order manufacturing; BTO
scarcity value; rarity value; preciousness
gear; cogwheel; cog (in an organization, company, etc.); cog in the machine
quenching; hardening; tempering
grinding; polishing; refining (skill, knowledge, etc.); striving to master something
installation; mounting; furnishing; run (on a bank); bank run
craftsman; artisan; craft; craftsmanship; plot; scheme
heir; inheritor; successor
all over; all over the place; everywhere
to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)
production output; number of goods manufactured
bad; poor; inferior; delinquent; hoodlum; hooligan
every conceivable; every single; every possible; all kinds of
all that one has; all that there is; the whole
cotton gloves; working gloves
(something) stopper (e.g. geridome is medicine for diarrhea)
ditch; drain; groove; tread; gap (between people, countries, etc.); gulf
sample; specimen; pattern; model; example
chamfering; beveling; bevelling; rounding the edges (of a vegetable); trimming the corners
to remove; to deinstall; to take away; to set apart
one more time; once more; once again
to rub; to chafe; to strike (match); to lose (e.g. a match); to forfeit; to squander one's money (e.g. through gambling, Pachinko, etc.)
unable to compete with; not able to make a dent in (e.g. a problem); not able to get a solid hit in (e.g. in a fight); hard to chew
commemoration; celebration; honoring the memory of something; turning something into a memento; memory
item; something that one "just has to have"
sudden; abrupt; unexpected; unforeseen
to come apart; to unravel; to come loose; to become disarrayed (e.g. hair)
chapter; section; medal; badge; insignia
incremental; step-by-step; gradual; stepwise
to be confusing; to be different from what one is used to
mechanical ineptitude; being hopeless with machines
machinery; gadgetry; equipment
unevenness; roughness; ruggedness; bumpiness
smooth; shiny; slippery; greasy; slurping (noodles)
number of revolutions (i.e. as an engine speed); number of rotations; speed of revolution; speed of rotation