noise sensitivity; hyperacusis
safe, easy childbirth; guardian bodhisattva, buddha or deity of children or childbirth (esp. Ksitigarbha or Avalokitesvara)
snipping sound; cutting sound; to cut
furniture store; furniture dealer
to be on the right track; to be close enough
to come to nothing; to be spoiled; to be spoilt
sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute; pitiful; pitiable
to become clumsy; to miss one's aim
moderation; self-restraint; temperance
different (from); not the same (as)
to sell well; to sell out; to be worldly and understanding; to be sensible; to be sorted out; to be put in order
everything; for (to) everything; (in) anything
worthless; shit; disparaging; demeaning
healing (esp. through alternative therapies, music, color therapy, supernatural powers, etc.)
to find fault (with trivial matters); to scold over minor things; to get angry over trifles; to raise one's eyebrows
to take (a photo); to record (video, audio, etc.); to make (a film)
spirituality; spiritual nature
plating (chrome, gold, silver, etc.); coating; gilding; pretense; pretence; simulation
everything turning out fine; the whole thing being settled
blood vessel; blood relationship
turns and twists; ups and downs; meandering; complications; vicissitudes
falling together; mutual destruction; joint bankruptcy
future prospects; promise
object of romantic interest
rightly or wrongly; by all possible means
subtracting points; points deducted
plastic wrap; cling film; cling wrap; to wrap in plastic wrap
to be effective; to be fruitful; to be worthwhile; to be worth; to be rewarded; to pay off
cut; reduction; curtailment
hard worker; hardworking person
senior high school (esp. the senior high school section of a school that also encompasses other grades)