bamboo screen; rattan blind; bamboo mat (for rolling sushi)
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
to have a hole; to be pierced (with a hole)
mochi; (sticky) rice cake
interception; monitoring; tapping
harvest; crop; ingathering; fruits (of one's labors); gain; result
trump card; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon
something or other; one thing or another; this or that
to carry; to bring (to a place)
demonstrative of one's worth; worthy of one's reputation; living up to one's name; bolstering one's reputation; enhancing one's prestige; winning one honour
to carry out (of somewhere); to transport; to take out
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
giving someone a ride on one's shoulders; shoulder wheel (judo)
to carry up; to bring up; to lift up; to elevate (someone) to a high position; to convince someone to accept a post (esp. through flattery)
preliminary step; first step
as a child; when one was a child
hazy; misty; foggy; hazy feeling; uncertain feeling; feeling gloomy
all; altogether; entirely; exactly like; just like; spitting image of
private; non-governmental; non-official; folk; popular
the world in general; society; convention
making practical; making useful; implementing
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
source of electricity; electrical power; power (button on TV, etc.)
internal (e.g. disk); built-in; equipped (with)
fit for use; available; operational; practicable; usable
communications engineering
video (esp. digital); video clip; animation; animated cartoon; in-betweens (animation)
network; Internet; net (hair, netball, etc.); net (price, weight, etc.); nett
household (electrical) appliances; home appliances; consumer electronics
unnatural phenomenon; strange happenings; haunting
one's speciality; one's forte; one's strong point
neighbourhood; neighborhood
to make muddy (of a liquid); to make cloudy; to make turbid; to make ambiguous; to evade (e.g. the point); to be noncommittal about
crime committed for fun; criminal who takes delight in people's reaction to his crimes
to pile up; to accumulate
to curse; to cast a spell; to haunt; to cause a bad result; to bring about a negative outcome