... is the reason; ... is my excuse
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
real hair; one's own hair
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
public (attention, recognition, etc.); social (standing, acceptance, etc.); worldly (fame, desires, etc.)
recognition; awareness; perception; understanding; knowledge; cognition
exceedingly; extremely; decisively
valid; effective; yuko (judo)
towards (a destination); for the purpose of; with the goal of; targeting (a group, a demographic)
to include (in a group or scope); to instruct; to make one understand; to include (a nuance); to put in (an implication); to put in (someone's) mouth
(time of) emergency; (in) event of emergency; (in) case of emergency
because of; on account of; regarding; per; apiece
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
inquiry into; enquiry into; prying (into); investigation; search; exploration
to give a warning; to remind (a person) of
spirit; mind; nature; disposition; motivation; intention
way; method; means; resource; course
knowledge; awareness; consent; acceptance; forgiving; pardoning
bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
exactly as stated; verbatim
to ask a big favour; to ask unreasonable things; to be unreasonable
(balance) scales; shoulder carrying pole; steelyard
to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to go down (sun); to wane; to sink
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
all; everything; entirety; absolutely (not); (not) at all; (none) whatsoever
prohibition; inhibition; ban
slapping; splashing; splatting; banging shut; flat (refusal, denial, etc.)
to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
to collect oneself; to cool off; to recover oneself
soft; tender; gentle; mild; informal; light
to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray
to slip into; to crawl into (under); to conceal oneself (under); to sneak into; to infiltrate
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
encirclement; encircling net; tight besiegement
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting; overcoming; exceeding; passing