protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation
parsimonious spirit; tendency to be frugal; inclination to scrimp and save; tendency to fuss over trivial things; worrier's disposition
storage; housing for equipment and machines; putting into computer memory
dangerous; risky; awful; terrible; terrific; amazing
to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)
to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over
to turn away (one's eyes, face, etc.); to avert; to displease; to annoy; to miss (the target, ball, etc.)
to dodge (e.g. a question); to evade; to sidestep; to give (someone) the slip
convenient; handy; useful
item; something that one "just has to have"
exit; gateway; way out; outlet; vent; leak
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
to rub; to pat; to stroke; to massage
vice; immorality; corruption
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
abundant; plentiful; rich; wealthy; open (mind); relaxed
middle-aged man; Buddhist priest
to poke fun at; to make fun of; to send up
conflict; complication; troubles; discord
to torment; to torture; to harass
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
sanity; consciousness; soberness
to be opposite; to face each other; to confront (an issue); to face
ice; shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)
to try and do something; to attempt to do something
to get burned and stuck on (e.g. rice in a pan); to become uncollectable (e.g. debt or loan); to become irrecoverable; to remain unchanged (e.g. stock market)
busy; hurried; confused; flurried
smelling burnt; smelling scorched; smelling of gunpowder (i.e. as if armed conflict is about to break out); tense; suspicious; dubious
hound; hunting dog; gun dog
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end
change (personnel); transfer; reshuffle
mainland; the country proper; native country; country where one was born; pure land; Buddha realm
splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate
labour shortage; labor shortage; shortage of workers; shortage of hands
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
bad; poor; inferior; delinquent; hoodlum; hooligan