string; cord; man who is financially dependent on a woman; gigolo; restrictions; conditions
to come loose; to come untied; to come undone; to loosen up (e.g. tension)
tsk tsk; oh-oh; huh; what's that?
no!; no no!; no, not at all
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
(sound of a) gunshot; (gun) report
manjū; steamed yeast bun with filling
the other day; lately; recently
to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)
opening and shutting; opening and closing
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
surely; certainly; without doubt
katakana; angular Japanese syllabary used primarily for loanwords
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
a long time ago; in those days
person one is dating; significant other; partner; boyfriend; girlfriend
to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved
to bite into; to sink one's teeth into; to stick to; to cling to; to hold on to
to refuse; to reject; to decline; to prevent (from doing); to deny (e.g. access); to block
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
tenacity; persistence; obsession; implacability
to dwell; to live; to stay at; to take shelter at; to be pregnant; to be part of a constellation
origin; source; history; originally; from the start; by nature
boo! (sound used to scare someone); ugh (dissatisfaction, aggravation); ulp (consternation)
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
pregnancy; conception; gestation