covered wagon; prairie schooner
babysitting; babysitter; nanny; taking care of; looking after; accompanying
curved sword (e.g. a scimitar, shamshir, etc.); curved blade
having two horses draw (e.g. a carriage); two-horse-drawn carriage
woman who has divorced and moved back to her parents; moving back to one's parents after getting divorced; leaving and then returning (to a company, etc. one has previously left); leaving from and returning to the same port (of a ship)
wind orchid (Vanda falcata); samurai orchid
visit (to a religious site, e.g. shrine, temple, grave)
eating live seafood (e.g. squid, ice gobies) while it is still moving
to be unreasonable; to whine; to act like a baby
patting; stroking; caressing
such a thing; something like that
-clad; in the midst of; tenths (e.g. wholesale price, as tenths of retail price); times (i.e. multiplied by); able-to-seat (of a chair, etc.)
in either case (used specifically in the instance of two possible outcomes or situations); either way; one way or another
confrontation; to face; to confront; to encounter
garlic chives (Allium tuberosum); Chinese chives; Chinese leek
special order; custom order
blow; shock; strike; batting
protection against the cold
economic slump; hard times; poor (business); dull; gloomy; cheerless
bureau; department; office (e.g. post, telephone); broadcasting station (e.g. television, radio); affair; situation
to take (someone) to one place after another (forcibly); to drag (someone) around
lie; fib; falsehood; untruth
traveling expenses; travelling expenses
by all means; at all costs
running about; making every effort (to do); busying oneself (with); being busily engaged (in); good offices; efforts
completely empty (of a residence, etc.); vacant; body from which the soul has left; corpse; shed skin (of a snake, insect, etc.)
safety zone; traffic island
eye; eyes; sight; vision; looking
to be worth; to be worthy of; to deserve; to merit
weird; strange; mysterious
extension of a straight line; (conclusion) following as an extension of (an argument)
uncommon; extraordinary (in relation to human characteristics)
physical strength; muscular strength
destructive blast; blowing up; explosion
to run through; to run past
low tone; bass; low voice
web (between fingers or toes); paddle; paddle blade
to tag along; to follow; to tail; to leave tracks; to leave footprints
left-hand radical of a character
dripping; trickling; wet and heavy (snow, clay, etc.); (arch.) (moving) slowly