ill-bred; impolite; rude; impudent; insolent; blunt
abdomen; belly; womb; one's mind; one's real intentions; courage; nerve
probe each other; sound each other out
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture
rudeness; impoliteness; discourtesy; insolence
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
that; the matter in question
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
to exchange glances; to look at each other; to postpone; to put off; to contrast; to compare
impudence; audacity; shamelessness; effrontery
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
to go to; to proceed to; to leave for
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
decorum; propriety; politeness
to fuss over; to be particular about; to be obsessive about; to be fixated on; to obstruct; to hinder
with all due respect; if I may make bold to ask
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
elder sister; effeminate man
to fall to one's knees; to go down on one's knees (e.g. to express respect)
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to rub on; to rub against; to lay the blame on; to strike (a match)
weather; look of the sky; situation; turn of affairs; signs
kneeling down on the ground; prostrate oneself
go that far; to that extent
family; members of a family
to cut into (a conversation); to interject
anyway; anyhow; at any rate; in any case
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
order; command; decree; (software) instruction; statement
how; in what way; by what means
to dedicate; to make an offering; to supply; to store; to finish; to bring to a close; to restore (something to its place)
denotes uncertainty; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; A and B and the like
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
the other day; a few days ago