to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.); to take (a measure, course of action, etc.); to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather (e.g. mushrooms); to extract (e.g. juice); to take (e.g. a sample); to assume (an attitude)
blinding someone's eyes (to make an escape); smoke screen; distraction; magic (trick); sleight of hand
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
control; check; restraint; inhibition
(meeting with) disaster; (having an) accident; mishap; shipwreck; distress
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
food distribution (esp. cooked rice)
pork miso soup; miso soup with pork and vegetables
to feel that something is true or actually happening; to hit one (realization, thought); to sink in
structural alteration (of a building); reconstruction; rebuilding; remodelling; remodeling
comfortable to live in (of a neighborhood, etc.); convenient; congenial; agreeable
village headman; village mayor
house; home; one's house; one's home; one's husband
conference room; council room
shaking one's legs (usu. unconsciously); tapping one's foot; fidgeting (of the legs)
older sister; lass; young lady
transmission; propagation; spread; circulation; diffusion; dissemination
each (person); individually; one by one; one at a time; in turn
to hold hands; to join hands; to do together; to go arm in arm; to join forces; to link hands
younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice
protegee; someone who one considers as a younger sister
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
to get hungry; to become hungry
equal; equivalent; equals sign; equality sign; equals (as in "A equals B")
establishing proof; demonstration; substantiation
person in charge (of an area of work, etc.); person responsible; contact (person)
uh-huh; mm-hmm; with a moan; with a groan
protuberance; bulge; protrusion; rise; uplift; upheaval
loading (on a ship); equipping (an aircraft, car, etc.) with; being equipped with
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
having very little difference between one another; being much of a muchness; being more or less the same; pointless competition (between two equally unimpressive parties); pissing contest
to say to each other; to exchange (jokes, comments, etc.); to quarrel; to dispute
laugh; laughter; smile; sneer; sex aids (e.g. dildos, pornographic books, erotic woodblock prints, etc.)
to get distracted; to jump off the track
Moon; month; moonlight; (a) moon; natural satellite
top; summit; twelve o'clock (usu. midnight); top of one's head; top of a helmet
covered in mud; mud-caked
cliff; precipice; precipice; brink of a dangerous situation