to be steamed (properly, e.g. rice); to be stuffy; to grow musty; to get close
to fold up; to fold into layers; to collapse (content on a webpage, etc.)
headquarters; head office; main office
pipe; tube; (tobacco) pipe; cigarette holder; go-between; intermediary
each; (arch.) you (plural)
first-aid; emergency (aid)
aperture; bore; calibre; caliber
worry; fear; anxiety; concern
radio wave; reception; signal; saying strange things
close thicket; dense forest; jungle; Amazon (online retailer)
indispensable; essential; requisite; required; compulsory; necessary
way; method; means; (technical) specification
raptor; bird of prey; predatory bird
ambush; troops in ambush; unexpected opposition; unexpected obstacle
minidisc; MD; missile defense; MD; magnetic disk; MD
receiving (a message, letter, email, etc.); reception (radio, TV, etc.)
in advance; beforehand; previously; ahead of time
to encamp; to take up a position
to come back (to); to return to a starting point
victory or defeat; victory and defeat
youth; minor; young people
to smile back (at a person); to answer someone's smile
quite a chore; not that easy; fairly difficult
to knock down; to bring down
shuffling of tiles; cleaning mahjong tiles
mahjong parlour; mahjong parlor
medal; shield; card on which dharani (etc.) are written; notice board (in a Zen temple); tile (mahjong, dominos, etc.)
to become verminous; to be infested with insects; to begin to keep bad company; to have an (unfavorable, unfavourable) lover
you can never be too careful; you can't be too cautious; better safe than sorry
in accordance with; following; roughly; about; Street; Avenue
device; instrument; vessel; container; ability; capacity
to whine; to make feeble complaints
decline; ebb; failure; decay; decrease; loss
willow (any tree of genus Salix); weeping willow (Salix babylonica)