to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; confusion
natural; reasonable; understandable
manufacturing method; recipe; formula
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
to explain; to advocate; to preach; to persuade
material; substance; matter
change; conversion; transformation; transformation
challenge; defiance; dare; attempt; try
last drink (of sake); last glass; last cup
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times
learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
aviation; flight; flying; to fly; to take a flight
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
exceedingly; extremely; decisively
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
just as one thought; as usual; sure enough
query; interrogation; enquiry; question; inquiry
denial; negation; negation (logic); NOT operation
narrow sense (e.g. of a word)
distinction; differentiation; classification
use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation
now that; since; so long as; because
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
art; technique; means; way; trick; trap
putting into operation; invocation
tool; implement; means; furniture
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
meaning; significance; sense
action; operation; effect; function
by (means of); by doing; due to; via; through
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create