box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
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
isolated; standing alone; falling in drops (e.g. rain); saying a single word; muttering just a few words
in the end; at the end of the day
to trust; to relax one's guard (around)
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
murmur; mutter; murmuring; tweet; Twitter post
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
refrigerator; cold; cool; cold sake
mistress; kept woman; concubine
mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short
to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with
to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie
to a surprising degree; to a remarkable extent; surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
defenseless; defenceless; unprotected; vulnerable
similarly; same (idea); same (name)
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
to lie down; to throw oneself down
self-consciousness; self-awareness
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting; overcoming; exceeding; passing
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
to notice; to become aware; to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to recover consciousness; to come to oneself
willingly; voluntarily; on one's own accord
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind