to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)
private property; personal belongings; personal effects
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
secret; private; surreptitious
heart; mind; bottom of one's heart; core (of one's character); centre; center; heart (organ)
to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up
noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled
family; members of a family
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
holiday house; vacation home; villa; prison; jail
on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture
so much (something) as to (e.g. so moved as to cry); overwhelmed; carried away; because of too much
Koshihikari (variety of rice)
strife; riot; (media) uproar; brouhaha; feud; tussle
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
to forget to say; to forget to mention
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
to act timid (about doing); to show diffidence; to feel ashamed; to feel guilty
follow; following (on social media, esp. Twitter); follow-up; following up; backing-up; covering for; follow-up shot
marriage ceremony; wedding; nuptials
in one go; in one gulp; in one breath; immediately; instantly; right away
(emotional) tension; anxiety; (highness of) spirits; (good) mood; tension; tensile strength
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)
younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice
to redeem (from sin); to save
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
exit (from a stage); exeunt; leaving; exit
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
lunch; noon; midday; daytime; waking up; getting up
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
inner part; inside; interior; depths (e.g. of a forest); back (of a house, drawer, etc.); bottom (e.g. of one's heart)
speaking without thinking; words spoken without much thought
to duck one's head; to pull in one's head; to duck down; to shrug one's shoulders