just safe (e.g. just avoiding being late, failing an exam, etc.); only just OK; barely acceptable
fresh troops; fresh players; newcomer; new employee; new method; new way
invitation; solicitation; canvassing; canvasing; inducement; persuasion
to say no more; to sink into silence
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out
shopfront; storefront; shopwindow; over-the-counter
exhibition; display; putting on show
article for sale; goods for sale; offering; specialty; selling point
comparatively; relatively
to dry (clothes, etc.); to desiccate
memorial service for the dead; holding a service
and then; in addition to that; also; even so
(suffering) damage; injury; harm
standing on one's feet for a long time
cleaning; dry cleaning; laundry service
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
feast; treating (someone); to treat (someone, e.g. to a meal)
push; pushing; weight; pressure; authority; forcefulness
primary school; elementary school; grade school
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)
to entertain; to make welcome
service; help; discount; discounted item; free service; freebie; service
taking advantage of (an opportunity); jumping on the bandwagon; taking passage (in); getting a lift; getting a ride
to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring
to wait and see; to see how the land lies
rabbit; hare; coney; cony; lagomorph (esp. leporids)
to catch (someone's words); to make out; to follow; to ask about (a situation, circumstances, etc.); to inquire
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
variety; kind; type; counter for kinds, species, etc.
to move; to shift; to inspire; to rouse; to change; to alter; to operate
via; through; by doing; by means of; using
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with
surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality
to paint (draw) a picture