(looking) blankly; vacantly; dazedly; (staring) in puzzlement; with a look of amazement
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
some; few; somewhat; to a certain extent; (arch.) many; (arch.) a lot
to take; to carry (something) away; to bear
apparently; appears to be
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape)
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
performance (e.g. music, dance, pantomime, etc.)
a little; some; somewhat; amount; quantity; number
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
capacity; volume; capacitance
five times (as much); quintuple; fivefold
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
good-quality; superior in quality
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
(instruction) manual; operations manual; basic rules (pertaining to how a job should be carried out); (car with) manual transmission
to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)
process; procedure; sequence; protocol; instruction
in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary
to look around; to survey
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to be out of alignment; to get dislodged; to deviate
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
trailing; chasing after; imitation; copy
completion; conclusion; perfect (tense, form, aspect)
period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; victory; strictness; cruelty
actual spot; scene (of a crime, accident, etc.); (on) site; (on) the ground; filming location; (movie) set
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
a little late; somewhat late; latish; a little slow; somewhat slow
A district in Shibuya, Tokyo famous for being the center of Japanese youth culture and fashion
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
to pile up; to heap up; to stir up; to enliven; to bring to a climax
to sigh; to breathe a sigh