village; hamlet; settlement
to happen to meet; to come across; to run into; to bump into
variety; kind; type; counter for kinds, species, etc.
tall building; high-rise building
compensation; indemnification; reparation; restitution; recompense
therefore; for that reason; such being the case
monetary; financial; pecuniary
possible; conceivable; likely; probable
to find difficult to guess; to struggle to work out; to be unable to figure out
plan; scheme; stratagem; plot; trick
to expose one's faults; to have one's defects exposed; to show oneself up
trading company (esp. a Japanese outpost of a foreign firm); trading house; firm; factory
to join (hands); to take (each other's hands); to scramble for; to struggle for; to pay attention to; to take notice of
to get involved or entangled in; to get mixed up in; to have something to do with; to have dealings with
to jump back; to leap back; to jump aside; to jump out of the way
wall of people; crowd of people lined up (e.g. spectators); throng of people
to have heard somewhere; to sound familiar
to grimace; to make a wry face; to contort one's face
to rant and rave; to raise hell
tall and thin; long and thin; lanky; spindly; gangly
in confusion; in a fluster; in bewilderment; sobbing; tearfully; trembling (voice)
hair on the back of one's head
earning extra money (e.g. from a side job)
wanted poster; wanted person bulletin; search instructions
to drift (to); to be washed ashore
doing something separately (from the group); going off on one's own
to meet up (as arranged); to rendezvous; to get together; to join (of roads, rivers, etc.); to flow together
doubt; suspicion; question; strangeness
(animal) collar; necklace; choker
brand (burnt-in mark of identification); branding iron
leaving something where it is; abandoning something
charge; custody; safekeeping; deposit; storage
to carry around; to carry on one's person
one's say; one's point; one's case; complaint; objection; grievance
proper; respectable; decent; honest
newcomer; initiate; rookie
to hit (someone) once; to give (someone) a punch; to intimidate (someone)
white; striped mullet fry (Mugil cephalus); (spoken) line (in a play, film, etc.); one's lines; white dragon tile; winning hand with a pung (or kong) of white dragon tiles; Belgium
plaster; gypsum; calcium sulphate (sulfate)