I dislike spiders.

The trainee could hardly bear the burden of the task.

Ishida Sanyaku was medical powder made and sold by the home of the parents of Toshizo HIJIKATA, a vice chief of the Shinsengumi (a paramilitary group of pro-shogunate ronin formed in Kyoto).

The cockerel's splendid red cockscomb is thought to play a part in determining gender and breed.

He used a hammer to forge the metal into a sword.

The Ariake Sea is one of the biggest tidelands in Japan.

I have no objection to your plan.

to scan in images of the pages, then convert the images into an approximation of the text on the pages.

The reformers were subject to every attack from the Establishment.

A voucher for one bowl of free ramen good for one month is given to customers when they order noodles or a set menu including noodles.

She is very selective when it comes to choosing her friends.

My mother attached herself to a cooperative society.

The eyes themselves can become selective, ignoring part of what is there, and the brain sometimes insists on seeing things that don't exist at all.

It has become common practise to employ foreigners working abroad from Asian countries as maids.

The contractor completed the construction project ahead of schedule.

The farm includes 160 acres.

got his way by labyrinthine maneuvering

The fighter entered the ring with confidence.

stockmarket : an exchange where security trading is conducted by professional stockbrokers

Mrs. Brown warned Beth that if she didn't eat properly she would be permanently overweight.

I ordered a chunk of steak for dinner.

I nominate John for the position of team leader.

In Japan, Jodo-kyo (Jodo-shiso) was transmitted in around the first half of the seventh century, and Ennin (794-864) transmitted the way of nenbutsu-zanmai (nenbutsu samadhi, or mental absorption in the nenbutsu) of Mt. Wutai Shan in China to Mt. Hiei-zan in the first half of the ninth century.

Ah, well I've bandaged it for the meantime but if that's awkward then it's fine to replace it with a plaster when you get home.

ODS super alloy is produced by the mechanical alloy method following powder metallurgy.

It is desirable that you should attend the meeting.

She couldn't understand why he would resort to such spite, sabotaging her project just because she wouldn't go out with him.

I need to compile all the data before the meeting.

She prides herself on her many accomplishments.

Despite all that happened, and is still happening, despite the ongoing aggression, despite the siege that our people, and we, are living through and feel in this Muqata'ah, which has been destroyed more than once, despite all that, I would like to assure you once again,