making; producing; appearance (attire, make-up, etc.); build; physique; sashimi
foundation; base; basis; from the beginning; from the outset; by nature
manufacturing; processing; treatment; machining
to get (someone's) help; to ask for help
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
place; spot; grounds; arena; stadium; range
human usage; (for) use by people
third stage; three stages
even; for starters; so; therefore; judging from; based on
storey; story; stairs; stage (in chronostratigraphy); counter for storeys and floors of a building
ryokan; traditional inn; Japanese-style lodging, usu. professionally-run
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
layout (of a house or apartment); arrangement of rooms
manual labor; manual labour; manual procedures
adjustment; regulation; coordination; reconciliation; tuning; fixing
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
early; a little earlier than usual; a little faster than usual; slightly quicker
to run into; to rush into; to (run and) seek refuge in; to take shelter in
how others look at you; what others think about you
leisurely; slowly; soon; shortly; here and there; scattered
to pay no attention to (while listening); to take no notice of; to ignore; to let go in one ear and out the other
official announcement; proclamation
laborer; labourer; blue-collar worker
wages; pay; rental payment
public finance; financial affairs; financial situation
pressure; oppression; suppression
thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances
to have no way of knowing; to be completely ignorant of
skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath
waterproofing; making watertight
to surpass; to outstrip; to excel
water-resistant; waterproof
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
revival; reconstruction; restoration; rebuilding; recovery; renaissance
to be unusual (of a person or of a thing); to be uncommon; to be peculiar; to be crazy; to be eccentric; to be different