isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to drag; to pull
strong nation; powerful country
negotiations; bargaining; talks; making demands
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
long-handled Chinese spear; lance; weapon; arms; grip of a bow; parade float decorated with long-handled Chinese spears
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
to brighten; to grow light
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
to lay out (a futon); to make (bed); to spread out; to postpone; to extend
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
to sprout; to put forth buds
to struggle; to writhe; to wriggle; to act frantically; to make desperate efforts
secret passage; underground passage; loophole; hole one can go through; opening
natural; reasonable; understandable
at this juncture; after all this time; at this stage; now
how; in what way; how about
arrangements; plan; programme; program; preparations
ecdysis; shedding (of skin); sloughing; freeing oneself; breaking with (convention, etc.)
carelessly (throwing, tossing, etc.); nonchalantly; casually
to speak; to say; to vocalize
beast (i.e. any animal other than man); person reborn into the animal realm; brute (i.e. a contemptible human being); damn it; damn
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
confectionery; sweets; candy; cake
Lagenaria siceraria var. gourda (variety of bottle gourd); gourd (container) made from its fruit
pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously
damn Westerner; (lit.) hairy foreigner
stink; bad odor; bad odour; stench
physiological; physical; visceral; instinctive; in one's guts
release; emission; ejection
to reach mutual understanding; to understand each other
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
entrusting (something to a person); consignment (of goods); putting in someone's charge; trust; commission
Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
rough; wild; violent; immoderate; extravagant; reckless
to get tired of; to lose interest in; to be fed up with; to have enough
to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on