high-end; high end; high level
game console; games console; video game console; game machine; gaming device; gaming system
SM; S&M; sado-masochism; shopping mall
cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet
trial manufacture; experiment; test piece; prototype
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
function; facility; faculty; feature
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
premodern; old-fashioned; outmoded; antiquated
to assemble; to set up; to construct
chief; head (of an office, of a laboratory)
factory; plant; mill; workshop
grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
research establishment; research institute; laboratory
substance; real form; main part; main unit; this machine; this appliance; object of worship (at a shrine, temple, etc.)
demolition; taking down; dissolution (of an organization, company, etc.); breaking up; dissection (of a body); dismemberment
way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression
to be stingy (with); to skimp (on)
renovation (e.g. a house); redecoration; makeover; updating
to cost little; to come cheap
for example; for instance; e.g.
rebar; (iron) reinforcing bar; reinforcing steel; reinforced concrete
condominium (usu. mid or high-rise); apartment building; apartment house; block of flats; apartment; flat
construction; architecture (of buildings)
number of stairs or stories (storeys); rank; order
Great East Japan earthquake (March 11, 2011); Tōhoku earthquake; Tohoku earthquake; Sendai earthquake
(world of the) construction industry
amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity
jump; plunge; dive; appearing without an appointment; bursting in; arriving unannounced
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
to deal with (a person); to treat; to deal with (a problem); to handle; to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to deal in
to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
10,000,000,000; ten billion
wild; in disarray; harum-scarum; hysteric
to raise one's voice; to shout; to yell; to speak up (e.g. in protest); to speak one's mind