to rewrite; to overwrite; to renew; to transfer
normal; usual; ordinary; everyday
application (of ointment, etc.); coating
more than anything; above all else
integrated circuit; IC; interchange
softening; softening (of attitude); mollification; weakening (of the market); blanching (of vegetables; by depriving them of light)
unevenness (e.g. in quality); inconstancy; variation; dispersion; scatter; spread
modernization; modernisation
silicon (Si); silicone (synthetic polymer)
to answer; to fire back; to retort; to redo; to do over; to try again
report to the throne; reporting to the emperor; reporting to the monarch; offering (a prayer) to the deity
car; vehicle; van; (train) car; carriage
cost reduction; reduction in costs; cost-cutting
house search (e.g. by the police)
Political Funds Control Act
arrest on a separate charge
having one's own way; giving free rein to one's desires; acting as one pleases
standardization; standardisation; normalization (e.g. in maths)
to blow against; to spray (paint, etc.; onto a surface)
stopping functioning; being out of service
tort; illegal act; illegal activity; offence; offense
copycat criminal; copycat crime
to gather (of people); to assemble; to hang out; to assemble (of troops); to be stationed; to be quartered
destruction; collapse; crumbling
hypocentre (of an earthquake); hypocenter; focus
sideslip; skid; shifting to another post (at the same level); sideways move (at a company); sliding sideways down a slope
facing; opposite; across the street; other side
(the) executive; administration; leadership
(wanting something so badly that) one can almost taste it; (lit.) a hand reaches out from one's throat
superalloy; Chogokin; line of die-cast metal robot and character toys sold by Popy
devil; evil spirit; genie
to control; to take the lead in; to have under one's thumb