to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve
body; trunk; torso; hull (boat); fuselage (aircraft)
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
another (person); the other person; one more (person)
to take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain
open; frank; outspoken; unreserved; straightforward; honest
China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryo system)
one-child policy (of the PRC)
to look downwards; to lower one's eyes
to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float
to pull oneself together; to collect oneself (after a failure); to regain control (of oneself)
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
holiday; day off; furlough; absence (from work)
something said for politeness' sake; diplomatic language; honeyed words; lip service; empty compliment
tightly (hold, squeeze, etc.); firmly; forcefully (e.g. push); hard
to raise one's face; to lift one's head; to raise one's eyes
to tear off; to pluck off; to take forcibly
counter for suits of clothing; arriving at ...
excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you
to apologize; to apologise
to step on a landmine; to really step in it; to screw up; to open up a can of worms
learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics
and then; and so; and; so then
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
to turn one's back on; to be uninterested in
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
to dash against (of waves); to billow; to roll; to wave (e.g. in the wind); to heave; to pound (of a heart)
in some cases; sometimes; on occasions
lightly (floating); buoyantly; puffing (on a pipe, cigarette, etc.); tooting (a trumpet, horn, etc.); blowing (a flute, whistle)
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
periodic; regular; routine
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
all of a sudden; suddenly; by chance; unexpectedly