hegemony; leadership; initiative
to attack; to assault; to assail
tips of one's hair; hair ends
to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; to toy with (one's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; to do with something as one pleases; to appreciate
rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse
to be evident; to be obvious; to understand completely
dear me!; good gracious!; well; let me see; now
to take a view or perspective; to regard as; to consider to be
girl's feeling; maiden's mind
to attract someone's attention; to arouse someone's interest; to sound someone out; to try to find out someone's true feelings; to (discreetly) probe someone's thoughts
daring; fearless; intrepid; bold; tough
heart; mind; bottom of one's heart; core (of one's character); centre; center; heart (organ)
tottering; staggering; faltering; reeling
pleasant feeling; good vibes
reserved; introverted; reticent; shy; withdrawn
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
complex; inferiority complex; complex (of buildings, facilities, etc.)
implication; nuance; shade of meaning; connotation
sticky; thickly (e.g. painted); heavily (applied); all over (pasting, stamping, etc.); clinging (e.g. of a person); following around
permission; allowance; acceptance; tolerance; pardon
slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark
bursting out (laughter); breaking out (applause); in a rush; in a surge; suddenly; all of a sudden
right in front; just opposite; under the nose
footpath; walkway; sidewalk
seat at a table; place at a table
glass (drinking vessel); glass (material); glasses (eyewear)
to hurry (up); to urge on; to press; to rush
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly
slowly; unhurriedly; without haste; leisurely; at one's leisure
to get involved or entangled in; to get mixed up in; to have something to do with; to have dealings with
kitchen; galley; (Internet) troll
there in body, but not in spirit; distracted; in one ear and out the other
black; black go stone; guilt; guilty person
too much for one to handle; beyond one's capacity; unmanageable; uncontrollable; incorrigible; obstreperous
artificial intelligence; AI
owner; proprietor; possessor (e.g. of talent, beauty, etc.)