dark reddish-brown; liver color
scale (of fish, snake, etc.); serif (on kana or kanji (e.g. in Mincho font))
astonishing; amazing; surprising; wonderful
one's home country; one's homeland
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
skill; dexterity; proficiency
hard to say; inexpressible; hesitant to say; embarrassing; delicate
one's every action; every single move; slight effort; least trouble; small amount of work
technique; art; skill; move
quite clearly; quite distinctly; perfectly; exactly
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
to speak one's mind; to be frank; to tell the truth
to stare at; to look hard at; to look up and down; to scrutinize; to scrutinise
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
for no particular reason; for some reason or other; somehow or other
to lose one's temper; to lose patience; to have enough; to be exasperated; to become irritated; to get fed up
lifeboat; friend in need; helping hand; timely help
gentlemen; men; the men's (sign on toilet, bathroom, etc. doors)
to sharpen; to hone; to wash (rice); to scour; to polish
man; male; masculine gender
sometimes; occasionally; at times; seasonal; of the season; appropriate (for the season or occasion)
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
to mask; to cover; to cloak; to hide; to conceal
often (happens); tend to; be apt to; be likely to
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to think of (a far-off person, place, etc.); to cast one's mind to; to worry about; to feel anxious about
one by one; one each; one at a time
to tear off; to strip; to rob
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
to hang down (from); to dangle; to be within one's reach; to dangle (before one's eyes); to be completely reliant on; to be entirely dependent on
that's the way it is; such is life
flute; fife; pipe; whistle
immediately; right away; on the spot
stealthily; secretly; in secret