manufacturing; processing; treatment; machining
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes
crosscut plank; rear part of a noh stage
nail; spike; tack; rivet; brad; (pachinko) pin
fixing (in place); being fixed (in place); fixing (e.g. salary, capital); keeping the same; fixation (histology); user name (on an online forum like 2ch where the majority of users post anonymously)
notches; serration; indentation; notched; serrated; jagged
hollow; cavity; dent; depression
wooden hammer; wooden mallet
to inlay; to insert; to plug in (to a formula); to immerse; to trick; to deceive
to be seen from the point of view of an onlooker
admiration; being impressed; admirable; praiseworthy; astonishment; being appalled
when it becomes; when it comes to
degree of perfection; level of completion; degree of completion
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
choices; alternatives; options
which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon
trouble; troubles; worry; distress; sorrows; anguish
(talent) scout; recruiter; scouting; headhunting; Boy Scouts; Girl Scouts
to look away; to avert one's eyes
main question; real issue at hand
difficult to ...; hard to ...
in order to; for the purpose of; must; should
perhaps; probably; generous; many; much
sublimation; sublimating (an emotion, impulse, etc.); channelling; diverting
(religious) faith; belief; creed
-less; lacking; non-existing
meeting up; gathering; assembly; set
something like ...; something called ...
general idea; concept; notion
contract; compact; agreement
actual existence; real existence; existing in real life
proof; testimony; demonstration; verification; certification
small; fine; detailed; stingy
to omit; to leave out; to exclude; to curtail; to save; to cut down
the same rank; equality; apposition
equality; equal; same rights; same rank; equivalence
status; position; method; way; rule; regulation
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
present point (i.e. in history); at the present time
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently
immersing oneself in; being absorbed in; devoting oneself to; giving oneself up entirely to
clumsy; awkward; tactless; awkward (e.g. socially); (arch.) mean; (arch.) cowardly
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize