subtle; delicate; difficult; complex; doubtful; questionable
listen!; you see; mind you; remember
black vinegar, usu. produced from unpolished rice; charred kelp or shiitake mushrooms ground and mixed with vinegar, used to dress raw fish and vegetables
flesh; meat; flesh (of a fruit); pulp; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); flesh; thickness
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
how (beautiful, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
should; must; -able; probably; likely
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
in one's own way or style
staringly; scrutinizing; scrutinising
shame; disgrace; raping; rape
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
to shut one's eyes; to ignore; to pretend not to know; to die
please don't fuss over me; don't go to any trouble; don't bother
genuine article; real thing; real deal
raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); live (i.e. not recorded); inexperienced
identification; ID; identity
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
lesson; section (in an organization); division; counter for lessons and chapters (of a book)
to creep in; to steal in; to sneak in
to search about for; to hunt around for; to look high and low for; to look everywhere for
to avenge (somebody) by striking down their killer
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
all present; all concerned; all of us
out of necessity; with no other option; perforce; unavoidably; reluctantly; unwillingly
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
to slip into; to crawl into (under); to conceal oneself (under); to sneak into; to infiltrate
tear; tears; lachrymal secretion; sympathy
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
how; in what way; by what means
questioning; interrogation; examination (of a witness)