new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
manner; way; appearance; air; custom; convention; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
if; when; when it comes to ...; as for ...; why don't you ...; why not ...
evening; night; dinner; evening meal; counter for nights
stickily; glutinously; persistently; insistently; tenaciously
latest; newest; late-breaking (news)
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
to get irritated; to get annoyed; to be on the edge; to fret; to lose patience
staring (e.g. eyes); goggling; glaring
and yet; though; when; in spite of
threat; intimidation; menace
security-related; from the stand-point of safety
urine; piss; pee; breaking a contract
declaration; proclamation; announcement
to stand (up); to rise; to stand (in a position; of a person, tree, building, etc.); to be situated (in, on); to be (in difficulties, the lead, etc.); to put oneself (in a position or situation); to leave (to do something)
unseasonably cool weather during the rainy season
to mutter; to murmur; to grumble; to tweet; to post on Twitter
safe and secure; safe and worry-free
to put on (coat, gown, etc.)
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
living together; communal life; cohabitation
to support; to maintain; to bring up; to raise; to adopt (a child); to cultivate (a habit, a quality, etc.)
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
Shimane (prefecture); (arch.) island country
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
toilet; restroom; bathroom; going to the toilet; relieving oneself
taking refuge; finding shelter; evacuation; escape; seeking safe haven
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
research (institute, laboratory, group, etc.)
lodging together; training camp; boarding house
Izumo (former province located in the east of present-day Shimane Prefecture)
grand shrine; famous shrine; Izumo Grand Shrine
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
on good terms (with); on friendly terms (with); (getting along) well; in harmony; happily; peacefully
babysitting; babysitter; protecting; keeping; keeper
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role