vine; bine; bow; temple arm; connections; contacts
groan; moan; roar; growl; buzz; hum (e.g. motor)
to be playful; to gambol; to be amused (with something); to flirt with
child's mind; childlike innocence; naivete
how dare ...; how could ...
fantasy; illusion; vision; dream
branches and leaves; foliage; unimportant details; nonessentials; side issue
to clear away; to clear land; to prune; to lop off
covering; filled in; complete; total; cliched; clichéd; plaintext
arrogant; haughty; insolent
transforming oneself; taking on another form; disguising oneself; artificial fly (for fishing)
to look down on; to condescend
big leakage; uncontained leak
narrow-minded; intolerant; petty
cancelling (a debt); forgiving (a debt); being even; forgetting (what was said or done); pretending (something never happened)
that's enough!; cut it out!; get a life!
threshold (amount, dose, etc.)
supervised; under surveillance
one's every action; every single move; slight effort; least trouble; small amount of work
dismissal (from a post); discharge; removal
boisterously; roughly; briskly
personification; anthropomorphization
yes; yea; aye; (arch.) to be so
reading in a monotone; reading a Chinese classical text without translating it into Japanese
to meddle; to poke one's nose into; to interfere; to make a pass at; to flirt with; to make a move on
to manage; to arrange; to talk over; to dispose of
to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress
bearded face; unshaven face; hairy face
to perform in tune with each other; to get along well; to be in perfect harmony; to make a perfect pair (team, etc.)
licking; lapping up; (eating up) quickly; gobbling up
warfare in which soldiers fling themselves at the enemy; hand-to hand combat
to feel keenly; to strike to the core; to touch to the quick; to pierce deep inside (e.g. cold)
desirable; hoped for; preferable; advisable
test of patience; battle of wills; endurance contest
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful