turtleneck; turtle-necked sweater; polo-neck(ed) sweater
to look toward; to have one's eyes drawn towards something
holiday; day off; sleep; rest; good night
paid vacation; paid holiday
service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services
slight bow (as a greeting or sign of gratitude); nod; salutation; consideration; thoughtfulness
wrinkled; full of wrinkles
(hard) candy; toffee; rice-sugar; sugar made from the starch of rice, potatoes, etc.; amber; yellowish-brown
home area; home town; local
Kansai (region comprising Kyoto, Osaka, Kobe and surrounding prefectures); Kansai (western half of Japan; during the feudal era)
hard candy; candy suckers molded on a griddle; (lit.) tortoise-shell candy
to call (someone) to (the door, phone, etc.); to tell (someone) to come; to call up (on the phone); to invoke (e.g. a subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
to join (hands); to take (each other's hands); to scramble for; to struggle for; to pay attention to; to take notice of
emergency; extreme; great; extraordinary
to slurp; to sip (loudly); to sniffle; to sniff
abduction; kidnapping; kidnaping
popular name; common name; given name
to become used to calling (someone by a certain name)
to be shy; to be bashful; to look shy
to look young; to seem young
suddenly (stick out, appear, extend, etc.); abruptly (protrude); unexpectedly
upper half of the body; upper body
to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray
in the hospital; hospitalized
not exceeding ...; not more than ...; below (a standard, level, etc.); under; the following; the below-mentioned
previous conviction; criminal record; previous offense; previous offence
(criminal) punishment; penalty; sentence
(nature of a) crime; (criminal) charge
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
loss of strength; exhaustion; weakness
progress; advance; improvement; development
stepwise; one step at a time
quickly (e.g. pushing up one's glasses); with a light pull; with a sharp tug (e.g. at a sleeve)
to place both hands on the ground (to express respect, apology or to present a request)
to slap down; to knock down; to floor
to throw out one's chest; to be puffed up with pride
sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)
job transfer; job relocation; intra-company transfer
business trip; official trip
to hesitate to say; to hem and haw; to falter in one's speech; to be stuck for a word; to mumble
reconciliation; making up (with); making peace (with); being friends again; patching up a quarrel
to lend a hand; to give a hand; to help; to extend a helping hand
to retreat; to back off; to draw back; to step back; to shrink away