to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk
electronic piano; digital piano
fort; stronghold; fortification
storage; putting or stowing away; receipt (of funds, payment, etc.); harvesting
the four cardinal directions; north, east, south and west; surroundings; many countries; the whole world; all around; here and there
September; ninth month of the lunar calendar
IBM; International Business Machines
state-of-the-art; cutting-edge
personal aeroplane; personal airplane
precision instrument or machine
body; body blow (in boxing)
scaling (e.g. in computer graphics)
high-speed; rapid; express; highway; freeway; expressway
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
tedious; verbose; wordy; redundancy
credibility; authenticity; confidence; reliability
maintainability; serviceability
virtualization; virtualisation
advantage; point in favor; point in favour
the greater embraces the less; better too big than too small
SM; S&M; sado-masochism; shopping mall
at hand; on hand; way of moving one's arms; skill; money at hand; pocket money
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)
four and a half tatami mats; four-and-a-half-mat room; small room esp. for assignations
exhaust; emission (of gas from an engine); expulsion (of air); ventilation
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
greenhouse; hothouse; conservatory; glasshouse
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
various factors or elements
source of electricity; electrical power; power (button on TV, etc.)
value analysis; volt-ampere; visual aid