premises search; household search
absolutely no smoking; complete smoking ban; total ban on smoking
bill strap; currency strap; currency band; wrapper band; newspaper band
loan shark; high-interest consumer finance firm
initial medical examination
order from the company president
mom's home cooking; taste of mom's cooking; taste of home cooking; food like mom used to make
joint surety; surety jointly and severally liable; co-maker; co-endorser; co-signer
remittance fraud; bank transfer scam
timid; faint-hearted; wimpish
consolation money; compensation for breaking off relations (e.g. with a mistress); settlement
registry; entry; book-keeping; signature
small factory in town; backstreet (small) workshop
to make trouble; to break down; to be out of order
worst; poor and boring; uncool
madder (esp. Japanese madder, Rubia argyi); madder (red color)
fundraising; financing; cash flow
careless; sloppy; faulty; using unreliable sources (in a piece of writing); piece of writing with unreliable sources or many errors
deposit; payment; money received; money due
to strain (one's stomach); to bear down (during childbirth); to push down
dirty work; unpleasant task
debt collection; debt collector
Japanese red pine (Pinus densiflora); Japanese umbrella pine; tanyosho pine
personal identification number; PIN; password number
what's the best thing to do?; what to do?
a matter for the police; a brush with the law
written oath; covenant; pledge
guarantor; surety; sponsor; reference; bondsman
(in spite of) being old enough to know better
moneylending; moneylender
revamping; reshaping; rearranging; reorganizing
collection (e.g. of a debt); dunning; selection (for a position); exceptional promotion; fresh; freshly picked
holding two or more positions concurrently
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)