engineer (on a train, ship, aircraft, etc.)
natural defences; natural defenses; steep place
whole area; whole region; stretch (of land); tract; belt
conifer; needle-leaved tree
fortunately; luckily; thankfully
with a glitter; with a sparkle; brand new; shiny and new
to polish up; to shine up
herbivorous; plant-eating; graminivorous
station wagon; estate car; minivan; people carrier
to bend loosely back and forth; to wriggle; to be crooked
to arrange beforehand; to make a sign to each other; to conspire
(arch.) to spin; (arch.) to revolve; to be dizzy; to feel faint; to bustle about
to catch sight of; to come into view; to happen to see
to screw; to twist; to distort; to parody; to torture; to wrest
ice water; shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)
to creep up; to crawl up; to overcome (a bad situation); to rise (after a setback)
unexpected; unforeseen; inconceivable
to come off; to slip down; to slip off
eight-tenths; casting someone out; type of baggy tobi trousers with the baggy part taking up eight-tenths of the full length of the trouser leg
(Oh) dear!; (Oh) dear me!; Good gracious
counter for scraps, fragments, petals, etc.
falling on one's backside (behind, bottom); pratfall; mochi used to celebrate a child's first birthday; mochi tied to a baby's back if he starts walking before his first birthday in order to cause him to fall on his backside
change; alteration; substitute; rate of exchange
inability to discern the truth due to conflicting testimony
to change (lower-body clothing: shoes, pants, skirt, etc.); to put on (the wrong shoes)
diagonal move (in the game of go)
something used to cover the eyes; blindfold; blinder; concealing one's home such that the interior cannot be seen from outside
weekly pictorial magazine
to become dim; to become blurred