preference; priority; precedence
sly; cunning; sneaky; crafty; unfair; dishonest
crumpled; rumpled; to be annoyed; to be irritated; noisily (chewing)
to approach; to draw near
prince; subordinate Kumano shrine
princess; spoiled girl; hothouse flower; glue
eyes sparkling; with shining eyes; for one's eyes to gleam
daydream; fantasy; fancy; vision
zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch
before one knows it; before one realises; without one's knowledge; without noticing
to become attached (to); to take (to); to become affectionate (with); to be tamed
is never the case; has never happened
nothing new; same as always; an old story; nothing new about it; not the first time it has happened
attachment; adhesion; tenacity; fixation; obsession
vague; fuzzy; elusive; slippery
will; volition; intention; intent; determination
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
profound; deep; deep (of a cave, etc.); innermost; interior
unable to concentrate on (due to distractions, etc.)
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
from the place (where); from the fact that ...; caused by the fact that ...; because
bustling; shuffling; squirming; creepy crawly
to take refuge in; to succeed in running away
unable to resist; unable to suppress
Sleeping Beauty (fairy tale)
as a matter of fact; to tell the truth
to feel under pressure; to feel impatient; to be in a hurry
sleep; sleeping; inactivity; death
to affect; to impact; to influence
to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death
base of the throat; bottom of the neck
thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
to tickle; to tickle (one's curiosity, vanity, etc.); to arouse; to make laugh; to amuse
day by day; by the day; (arch.) daily; (arch.) every day
to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style
to laugh at; to ridicule; to mock; to make fun of; to sneer at