close; intimate; on good terms
anxiety; uneasiness; worry; apprehension; fear; insecurity
sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)
to smile back (at a person); to answer someone's smile
real intention; true motive; true meaning
limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...
Eh?; What?; Come on!; Damn!
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
to tie; to fasten; to wear (necktie, belt); to put on; to total; to sum; to be strict with
call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)
comprehension; consent; understanding; OK; roger (on two-way radio)
to look down on; to condescend
shallow; superficial; slight (wound); light (sleep); short (time); early
artificial product; man-made product; fiction; made-up story; decoration (e.g. for a festival); theatrical prop (esp. a large prop in noh or kyogen, e.g. tree, well, boat)
to show signs of ...; to have the appearance of ...
club activities; extracurricular activities
consideration; taking into account
half; semi-; half-past; odd number; (arch.) unit of land area (595.8 m^2)
please; somehow or other; one way or another
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
had better ...; had better not ...
through; throughout; through (the good offices of); by way of
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
to feel awkward; to feel ashamed; to feel inferior; to feel shy (about doing something)
in any way; to some extent; even if only a little
to be fickle; to be frivolous; to be flippant; to be flighty; to be giddy; to be restless
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post); to be delivered
indicate reason; infers some protest
reasonably; fairly; hurriedly; in a rush; approximately; about
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
lunch break; noon recess; noon rest period
to rank next to; to come after
declining; refusal; rejection; announcement; notice
time; thyme; time out (e.g. in sport)
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
the other day; a few days ago
wait-and-see (situation, stance, etc.); waiting to see (how things play out); watching developments (before acting)