approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
substance; real form; main part; main unit; this machine; this appliance; object of worship (at a shrine, temple, etc.)
February; second month of the lunar calendar
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
because of; owing to; due to
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
strength; intensity; strong (e.g. glasses); powerful (e.g. lens); intense (e.g. fear)
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
than; from; out of; except; but; more
ago; since; before; previous
stipulation; prescription; provision; regulation; rule
to satisfy (conditions, one's appetite, etc.); to meet (e.g. demands); to fulfill; to fill (e.g. a cup); to pack; to supply
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
inferior goods; defective product; defective goods
(period of) a year; during an era
concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
as if (something untrue were actually true); like hell (e.g. "like hell I will")
had better ...; had better not ...
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
factory; plant; mill; workshop
strict; severe; stringent; rigorous; rigid; firm
control; management (e.g. of a business)
to become public; to become known; to come out in the open; to be formal; to be official
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
clearly; plainly; distinctly; to be clear; to be definite; to be certain
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling
equation; formula; ceremony; style; (arch.) enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryo)
bakery; baker; pastry shop
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to face; to go towards; to head towards
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university