dangerous; unsettled; troubled; disturbed; insecure
heigh-ho; heave-ho; la-la
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
having done ... by mistake; having messed up ...
empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless
return gift; return favour (favor); revenge; change (in a cash transaction)
fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
desperate situation with no escape; being driven into a corner; being cornered; last extremity
before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to
with a pitter-patter; choked up (with emotion); heart-wringing; momentary tightening of one's chest caused by powerful feelings (e.g. parting with a loved one)
first shrine visit of New Year
New Year's Eve; December 31
video game (played on a home console)
variable; changeable; convertible; controllable
to wield; to brandish; to display (one's knowledge); to show off; to abuse (one's power); to manipulate someone
keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
to smirk; to grin broadly
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (somebody)
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction
breaking up (e.g. meeting); dispersing (e.g. crowd); dissolving (company, organization, etc.); liquidating; dissolving (diet, parliament, etc.)
shameless; infamous; disgraceful
to speak as though something were actually the case; to smooth over; to give the impression that; to make it sound that
girl's feeling; maiden's mind
ups and downs; bobbing up and down; rising and falling; ebbing and flowing
violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement
game arcade; video arcade
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
discount; reduction; rebate; tenths discounted; tenths reduced
remnant; fragment; fraction; odd sum; halfway; half-hearted
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
parasol (esp. one carried in the hand); sunshade