guarantee; security; assurance; pledge
to be of benefit; to be beneficial; to be useful; to do one good; to be good for one
passerby; pedestrian; foot passenger
on a routine basis; regularly; habitually
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
to apologize (apologise); to refuse; to decline; to be unable to bear; to be defeated (by)
to answer; to fire back; to retort; to redo; to do over; to try again
to reward; to recompense; to repay; to retaliate; to get revenge
yawn; yawning; kanji "yawning" radical (radical 76)
to mix; to stir; to blend
as usual; as always; as ever; as before; still
progress; pace; carriage; step; stage
compensation; reparations; indemnity; damages
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
conquest (of a difficulty, illness, crisis, etc.); overcoming; surmounting; bringing under control
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
means of transportation; transport service
courier; smuggler; carrier (e.g. of illegal drugs); trafficker
to come (home) to one; to click; to ring a bell; to appeal to one; to speak to one; to impress one
unobstructed view; perspective; forecast; outlook; insight; foresight
the most; the extreme; prime; conspicuous
half-sitting posture; half-standing posture; half-rising posture; stooping position
clop clop; rumble rumble; sound of something being boiled
difficult to understand; unintelligible; abstruse
to carry on one's back; to be burdened with; to take responsibility for; to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something); to be conceited
forced labor; forced labour; slave labor; slave labour
funny; amusing; strange; odd; wrong; unsuitable
to have rumors going around (rumours); to have rumors spread
rumour; rumor; hearsay; report
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
tedious; boring; dull; to feel bored; to get bored (with); to get tired (of)
hard; tough; hardware; hard disk (drive)
to clatter; to rattle; to flap (noisily); to get in a panic; to get in a flap; to rush around
opportunity; occasion; (arch.) order; (arch.) sequence; (arch.) successor
woodworking; woodwork; woodworker; carpenter
hinoki cypress (Chamaecyparis obtusa); Japanese cypress
aromatic (roasted beans, roasted tea, etc.); fragrant (e.g. burning wood); pleasant-smelling; savory-smelling (e.g. barbecued meat); savoury; appetizing
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica)