to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
sharpness; cutting ability; quickness (of wit); incisiveness; peppiness (of a ball)
regarding as important; attaching importance to; taking a serious view of; putting emphasis on
(ease of) handling; operation; arrangement (of pipes, wires, etc.); layout; wrestler's belt used in a bout
single edge (e.g. sword blade)
interest; appeal; attraction; fun
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
(one's) master; Lord; the main thing; the majority
strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
essence; true nature; substance; reality
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
far away; far off; nowhere near; far cry
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
should; must; -able; probably; likely
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
even if not; even without
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
conclusion; resolution; gathering and bundling; convergence; focusing (e.g. light); convergence
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
equation; formula; ceremony; style; (arch.) enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryo)
to warp; to bend; to contort; to be perverted; to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.); to be distorted
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
result; consequence; coming to fruition; bearing fruit; as a result; consequently
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape)
speed; velocity; pace; velocity
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
to be of use as a reference; to be helpful
first of all; at once; right away; for now; for the time being
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
principal occupation; core business
even; if only; if just; as long as; the only thing needed