to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
chain (bicycle, measuring, tire, etc.); chain (store, hotel, etc.)
jingling; jangling; clinking; lasciviously; coquettishly
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from; to dodge (a question, blow, etc.)
uh-huh; mm-hmm; with a moan; with a groan
willingly; voluntarily; of one's own accord
wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!
to say; to speak; to tell; to be called
tenement house; row house
to air; to dry; to drain (off); to drink up; to deprive of a role, job, etc.
pattern; behavioural pattern; behavioral pattern; predictability
bending; warping; flexibility; pliability
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
citizen; resident; person; user (of a website, esp. as a collective, e.g. Twittersphere)
native place; birth-place; one's old home; province; region; locality
southern barbarians (name used in ancient China for non-Chinese ethnic groups to the south); South-East Asian countries (in the late-Muromachi and Edo periods); Western Europe (esp. Spain and Portugal and their South-East Asian colonies; late-Muromachi and Edo periods); foreign (of goods from South-East Asia and Western Europe); exotic (esp. in a Western European or South-East Asian style); chili pepper; nanban
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with (skillfully); handling (well); managing
concerning ...; over ...; about ...; centering on ...
quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful
to unfold; to unroll; to open
nationwide; countrywide; national; throughout the country
almost; nearly; hardly; barely; large majority; large proportion
to dress stylishly; to joke; to play on words
(having) two choices; choice between two things
for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now
to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit
originator; pioneer; inventor; progenitor; primogenitor; founder of a family line
legitimate; orthodox; traditional
helping a long-term employee to establish a branch of the same shop
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
hundred; 100; (a great) many
complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression
not the time for; not the place for; far from; far more than; nowhere near just; well beyond
war; fighting; fierce competition
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour