cleavage (between breasts)
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
exposure; laying bare; baring (e.g. skin); (photographic) exposure
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
(on a) closer look; closer scrutiny; second look
see-through (e.g. blouse)
cloth; fabric; dough; batter; inherent quality; one's true character; unglazed pottery
independent business; self-employment
to stoop; to lean over; to bend forward; to bend down; to crouch; to squat
physical distribution; distribution of goods; logistics
work; business; company; study
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
to pick up; to find; to gather
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
shirt (undergarment); undershirt; singlet; shirt (outerwear; usu. with collar and buttons)
underwear; undergarment; underclothes; lingerie
to be transparent; to show through
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
tight skirt; straight skirt
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)
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
question; inquiry; enquiry
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
same; similar; (just) like; equal
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
society; the world; the times
time for ...; time to ...; good opportunity to ...; season
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
to prepare; to provide; to set up; to establish; to organize
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use