irrigation channel; irrigation ditch; irrigation canal; flume
avenue; boulevard; tree-lined street
artificial; man-made; human work; human skill; artificiality
windbreak (forest); shelterbelt
pots and pans; kitchen utensils
to scrape out; to rake out (e.g. ashes); to bail out (e.g. water)
military supplies (transported to the front line); military stores
outdoors; outside; open air; fields; outskirts; suburbs
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
surveyor; surveying engineer
to take pains; to take time for someone; to do work for someone; to go to trouble for someone
elevation; height above sea level
bog; marsh; swamp; quandary; dire situation from which one cannot extricate oneself; imbroglio
ambush; lying in wait for an ambush
to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip); (arch.) to affix (a bowstring to a bow)
to gain an advantage; to enjoy an advantage; to turn the tables (on)
appearing in unexpected places and at unexpected moments; elusive; phantom
severely beaten up; repeatedly punched and kicked; thoroughly defeated; attacked relentlessly (with words); fiercely criticised; bombarded with verbal abuse
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it
used; second-hand; old; Middle Ages (in Japan esp. Heian period)
to wish to go well; to have good intentions
engineering works; civil engineering; public works
genuine; authentic; true; real
being done for; giving up; being in a hopeless situation; not knowing what to do; being brought to one's knees; (lit.) throwing up (one's) hands
you must be kidding; hey, come on!; surely not!
enthusiast; mania; enthusiasm
detailed; full; minute; knowing very well; knowledgeable (about); well-acquainted (with)
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
when push comes to shove; when needed; when necessity arises; when the moment arrives
self-willed; (doing or saying things) to suit one's own convenience; oblivious to the convenience of others
eating with one's fingers; snitching food; snatched food; embezzlement; misappropriation; flirting
standing comparison with; comparing favorably with; by no means inferior to; equal to
to brace oneself; to focus one's energies; to focus one's mind
fulfillment; fulfilment; realization; realisation; completion
defect; deficiency; imperfection; Yours in haste
moment by moment; hour by hour
poppy seed; pinhead-like; small as ants
fighting scene; scene of carnage (bloodshed); location of the fight between the Asuras and Shakra; difficulties (in a love relationship); crunch time (esp. for cartoonists)