extraction; abstraction; selection (from a group); sampling
to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out
(please) try to; (please) look; seeing; looking
deep red; crimson; rouge; lipstick
pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
to pucker up one's lips; to purse up one's lips
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
what kind of; what sort of; what; how; in what way
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
by means of; due to; because of; according to
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
ordinary; common; commonplace; mediocre; unremarkable; undistinguished
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
to all appearances; no matter how you look at it
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
mostly; almost; nearly; roughly; approximately; about
to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
kimono fabrics shop; draper's shop
to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember
folding paper-case; kimono wrapping paper; paper folded and tucked inside the front of one's kimono (esp. for use at the tea ceremony)
string; cord; man who is financially dependent on a woman; gigolo; restrictions; conditions
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
syringe; hypodermic needle; injector
disinfection; sterilization; sterilisation
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
Osaka-Kobe; Hanshin (company name: railway, dept. store, baseball team, etc.)
district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society
endemic disease; local disease