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He always talks as though he knows how to handle himself but you never know how he'll act when the chips are down.
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Vocabulary list

shusshoshintai
noun
  1. advancing and retreating; appearance and disappearance; one's daily activities; one's course of action; one's attitude
shussho
noun
  1. origin; source; authority
  2. birthplace
noun, suru verb
  1. release from prison; discharge from prison
noun
  1. exit; point of departure
  2. time to take action
shintai
noun, suru verb
  1. advance or retreat; moving forwards or backwards; movement
  2. course of action; behaviour; conduct; attitude
  3. remaining in one's post or resigning; staying or leaving
no
particle
  1. indicates possessive (occasionally ん, orig. written 乃 or 之)
  2. nominalizes verbs and adjectives
  3. substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases
  4. (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion (often ん)
  5. (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis
  6. (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
isagiyoi

Nominalized Objective Form

isagiyosa
i adjective
  1. manly; sportsmanlike; gracious; gallant; resolute; brave
  2. pure (heart, actions, etc.); upright; blameless
  3. unsullied (e.g. scenery or object); pure; clean
wo
particle
  1. indicates direct object of action
  2. indicates subject of causative expression
  3. indicates an area traversed
  4. indicates time (period) over which action takes place
  5. indicates point of departure or separation of action
  6. indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
wakimaeru

te-form

wakimaete
ichidan verb, transitive verb
  1. to discern (e.g. right from wrong); to discriminate; to distinguish
  2. to know (manners, one's place, etc.); to understand; to bear in mind
Suffix after the te form of a verb
iru
ichidan verb, auxiliary verb
  1. to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing (after the -te form of a verb; indicates continuing action or state)
to
particle, conjunction
  1. if; when
  2. and
particle
  1. with
  2. used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
noun
  1. promoted pawn
particle
  1. indicates a question (at sentence end)
kare
pronoun
  1. he; him
noun
  1. boyfriend
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
iu

te-form

itte
godan verb
  1. to say; to utter; to declare
  2. to name; to call
  3. to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
Suffix after the te form of a verb
iru
ichidan verb, auxiliary verb
  1. to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing (after the -te form of a verb; indicates continuing action or state)
keredo
conjunction, particle
  1. but; however; although
iru

masu stem

i
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to calm down (usu. as 腹がいる)

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