vigilante group; neighborhood watch; self-defense group
safekeeping; temporary custody; claim check; deposit receipt; matter left undecided; unresolved issue
hire (charge); rent; charge; fare; fee; freight
ruffian; scoundrel; rogue; rascal; villain; hoodlum
to slacken; to loosen; to relax; to slack off (e.g. one's work, attention); to not put one's heart in
to exclude (someone); to shun; to ignore; to leave out; to ostracize
to open up to someone else; to divulge one's true feelings; to be openhearted
attempt; trial; experiment; endeavour (endeavor); effort; venture
rookery; breeding grounds; nesting place
to push someone (towards); to encourage someone
existence; possession; having; limited company
killing a would-be avenger; having the tables turned on someone (e.g. by a challenger); being beaten at one's own game
assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)
lightning strike; lightning bolt
charred; burnt black; scorched black
to change (into); to turn (into); to transform (into); to influence
digestion (of food); digestion (of information); assimilation; consumption; absorption; (arch.) losing one's form and turning into something else
to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder
extinguishing a fire; fire fighting
projection; protrusion; rupture (e.g. of gas); jetting out; prominence; standing out
homecoming; returning home
tingling; stinging; pungently
yeah, yeah; whatever; yes; sure; hello; giddy-up
drying rice on a rack; rack for drying rice
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or someone else
omission; leaving out; abbreviation; abridgment; abridgement
prattle; broken language; halting language; baby talk; imperfect speech; smattering
upward compatible; forward compatible; downward compatible; backward compatible; providing the same function while being less effective (esp. in games)
rhinoceros beetle (esp. the Japanese rhinoceros beetle, Trypoxylus dichotomus)
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or someone else
exposure to the sun; sunny place
looking or acting as if one owned the place
may I ask (for); might I ask (that)
one-eyed; first (in a series); initial
drink at home with one's evening meal; dinner-time drink
as you please; in any way you like; as you wish