figure; form; figurine; model figure; figure skating
first meeting; first interview with
working earnestly; sincerity; diligence; effort; pains
thank you for the meal; that was a delicious meal; what a wonderful meal
to fail; to blunder; to mess up; to be dismissed; to be fired
very early in the morning; so early in the morning; at this ungodly hour
personnel; members; lineup (of a team); announcement of next day's match-ups
with profound (often hidden) meaning; pregnant with significance; meaningful; suggestive; interesting
to get information out of a person; to begin listening
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
upright; honest; faithful; conscientious; sincere
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
abbreviation; omission; outline; gist; plan; strategy
pigtails; bunches; two ponytails; angel wings
aloof; morose; stuck-up; smelling strongly of something; having a pungent smell
to act lovestruck; to be fawning; to act affectionate
bento; Japanese box lunch
to appoint; to assign; to designate
to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)
to abuse (verbally); to curse at; to shout abuse at; to speak ill of
halo; hello; hallo; harrow
Japanese person; Japanese people
being argued into silence; being left speechless
put; place; leave; do (in preparation)
attribute; property; context; character class, type, fetish, etc.
piling up high (food in a bowl); filling (a bowl); heaped bowl
sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly
coolness; calmness; composure; all right; fine; OK
to push away; to thrust aside; to detach oneself from; to keep away from; to act coldly; to do without emotion
inside out; upside down; flip side; opposite; contrary
unpleasant; disagreeable; nasty; lewd; lascivious; obscene
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
mishearing; (feigned) deafness; homophonic translation of song lyrics for comic effect
innocent; naive; unsophisticated; birth-
male-female relationships; relations between the sexes; sexual relations
to summon courage; to be brave
normally; ordinarily; by anyone's standards; by normal standards; without any issues; without any difficulty
light novel; young-adult illustrated fiction
pure literature; belles-lettres
cat café; themed café where patrons can pet cats
someone with a liking or characteristic; a true representative of (place)