coachman; driver; cabman; postilion
to volunteer; to undertake a challenge
reins; bridle; control; the reins (on)
assistant (esp. in show business or sumo); attendant; chaperon
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
to fuss over; to be particular about; to be obsessive about; to be fixated on; to obstruct; to hinder
to stick; to get stuck; to be unavailable; to be busy; to be piled up (e.g. of work); to halt (in one's speech)
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
very interesting; of absorbing interest; having a keen interest (in); being immensely curious (about)
stand; rack; support; holder; counter for machines, incl. vehicles; setting (e.g. in jewellery); level (e.g. price level)
inquisitively; pryingly; nosily; thoroughly; persistently; through-and-through
(truck) load-carrying tray; (bicycle) luggage carrier; roof rack
fence; paling; railing; (arch.) fortress
to lean against; to recline on; to lean on; to rely on; to depend on
your native country; your hometown; my home country (i.e. Japan); countryside; country; (arch.) daimyo's territory (Edo period)
forcibly; against one's will
to get information out of a person; to begin listening
why; how come; unfortunately; alas
extermination (e.g. of pests, demons, bandits); elimination; making someone renounce worldly desires in order to concentrate on Buddha's teachings; curing illness
aspiration; volunteering; desire; application
looking on from afar; being a spectator
to give off sparks; to spark; to scintillate; to have a heated argument; to combat; to do something fiercely
to act as an intermediary; to step in; to come between; to intervene; to interject
to mediate; to intervene; to smooth
to gulp down (a drink); to slurp
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
to use one's influence; to pull strings; to take measures; to make the necessary preparations
contrived; false-sounding
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
vacant land; unoccupied ground; empty lot
taste; elegance; appearance; air; the likes of ...; lowly people such as ...
woodcutter; lumberjack; logger
hut; cabin; small theatre (theater); temporary playhouse; one's own house
to rot away; to crumble to dust; to decay completely; to die in obscurity
charcoal making; charcoal maker; charcoal-roasted; charcoal-grilled
wallboard; wall decoration
to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded
storage room; storeroom; lumber room
thicket; coppice; brushwood