practicality; utility; usefulness
throwing stones; slingshot; sling
trial manufacture; experiment; test piece; prototype
approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; appropriate age (to ...); old enough (to ...)
secrecy; confidentiality; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal); kitchen
work (e.g. of art); production; harvest; cultivation; technique
import; importation; introduction; afferent
nodding (in agreement, with approval, etc.); repeatedly nodding and dozing off; suddenly (dying); deep (flavor, flavour, color, colour, etc.); rich
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
to be bewildered; to be perplexed
both; both sides; both parties
establishing; proving; ascertaining; identifying; confirming
the same night; that night
there; that situation; that occasion; the spot (i.e. "on the spot"); immediately; then and there
to get in; to go in; to come in; to flow into; to set; to set in
learning by ear; memory of having heard something before
an extremely great number (often said to be 100 million); 10^60 (or 10^72)
lion; left-hand guardian dog at a Shinto shrine
temple; shrine; hall; company; (arch.) front room
acquaintance; friend; (arch.) lover
to palm off; to force a sale
-like; pseudo-; comical character who mocks or apes the main character (in Japanese performing arts); (arch.) criticism; (arch.) censure
moment; instant; kshana; duration of a single mental event (about 1/75 second); shortest possible interval of time
Japan; name for Japan used in ancient China
feeling ashamed; feeling of one's inferiority
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
tag; label; game of tag; tag-team match; working together as a team
being settled quickly; reaching a quick conclusion; no need to say any more; no problem
internal conditions; true state of affairs
favour; favor; obligation; debt of gratitude
to pull out; to take out; to lead out (e.g. a horse from a stable); to summon (e.g. to court); to withdraw (money); to draw
heh heh heh; tee-hee; giggle
beginning; clue; starting point
some people; a few people; several people
mention (in a document); record; entry; statement; listing
to stop by; to drop in for a short visit
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it