to draw (water); to scoop up; to dip up; to understand (someone's feelings, etc.); to grasp; to surmise
to each his own; people differ; different people (have different likes)
manners; customs; sex service; sex industry; sex-oriented entertainment
state of things; state of affairs; condition; situation; circumstances
all over the country; everywhere in the country; throughout the nation
split; division; break up
daimyo (Japanese feudal lord)
vigilantly (watching for an opportunity); eagerly; with an eagle eye
rushing into; breaking into; storming; plunging into (war, etc.); embarking on (a new venture)
common foot soldier (feudal Japan); samurai of the lowest rank
natural calamity; disaster
to select; to choose; to diagnose (an illness); to judge; to liken to something else; to regard as something else (e.g. to use another person as a mirror); to see someone off
otherwise; or else; if not
laughing at an inappropriate time; not being able to hold back one's laughter; scornful laughter; snicker; snigger
human intellect; knowledge
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for
to stay (at); to stop (at)
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged
to look downwards; to lower one's eyes
immersing oneself in; being absorbed in; devoting oneself to; giving oneself up entirely to
very thin; flimsy; cheap; shallow
one way or the other; either way
text at the foot of a page, document, screen, etc.
to be noisy (e.g. from people talking); to be discomposed (e.g. feelings)
underwater; behind closed doors; behind the scenes; below the surface
to clatter; to flap (noisily); to rattle; to walk around being unable to settle down
stepping back; drawing back
to (dramatically) fall over; to fall flat
in passing another (esp. colliding with oncoming traffic, bumping into a person); the moment two persons or objects meet
to boil; to seethe; to roil (e.g. waterfall, torrent); to foam; to well up (of emotions); to overflow (e.g. fighting spirit)
being resented (by someone one holds resentment towards); thinking ill of a person based on a misunderstanding; unjustified resentment caused by a misunderstanding; responding to kindness with resentment
carelessness; inattention; thoughtlessness
(not) so much; (not) that much
to invent a pretext for a quarrel; to pick a fight
small factory in town; backstreet (small) workshop
retaliation; revenge; reprisal; retorsion; retortion
establishment; creation; posing (a problem); options setting; preference settings; configuration
thin washer on either side of the guard (tsuba) of a sword; (up to) the hilt; wits' end