technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
to collect the best; to put together the cream of the crop
to close (one's eyes); to shut
small factory in town; backstreet (small) workshop
to be titled (e.g. a book); to be named
low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)
insect; bug; worm; roundworm; one's emotions; one's feelings; nervousness
duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage
trade; business; commerce; occupation; calling; profession
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
other people's affairs; somebody else's problem
all together now!; one, two, go!; ready, set, go!; heave, ho!; oops-a-daisy
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
to hurry (up); to urge on; to press; to rush
fax; facsimile; fax machine
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed
feeling; sensation; emotion; interjection
frank; candid; straightforward; openhearted; direct; outspoken
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
such; this sort of; like this
strength and weakness; (degree of) strength; stress (of a sound); loudness
clanging; banging; throbbing (headache); pounding; fully; vigorously
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
undulation; winding; meandering; swell (of waves); surge; billow
knack; skill; bone; skeleton; cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
(I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); (I) fancy (that)
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly