to feel nervous; to feel afraid; to be startled; to be surprised; (arch.) to be shy; (arch.) to be bashful
hey!; excuse me!; wait a moment
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
prefecture (Japan); county (China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.); department (France); province (Italy, Spain, etc.)
horizontal stripes; lateral stripes
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
(laughing) foolishly; (smiling) thoughtlessly; indiscreetly (talking); carelessly (speaking); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
to avoid meeting someone's gaze; to not look someone in the eyes
to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown; to scowl
and so on; and so forth; et cetera; comment; criticism
to comb out; to brush; to untangle; to unravel
sister-in-law (spouse's younger sister or younger brother's wife); younger stepsister; younger adopted sister; non-blood-related younger sister
shaking; trembling; pitching; disturbance; unrest; agitation
(emotional) tension; anxiety; (highness of) spirits; (good) mood; tension; tensile strength
perfectly; right on the mark; spot on; enough; sufficiently; thoroughly
face; honour; honor; reputation; prestige; dignity
to hang one's head; to droop one's head
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
previous day; day before; eve; prior day; preceding day
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; I feel regretful; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
main question; real issue at hand
to fail; to blunder; to make a mess; to drink up; to eat up
preface; introduction; preamble
freezing; turning into ice; freezing; locking up; freezing (in one's tracks); frieze (part of an entablature between the architrave and the cornice)
to take back; to regain; to get back; to recover
creeping at night into a woman's bedroom; stealing into a girl's bedroom at night to make love; sneaking visit
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
awareness of things around one; ability to understand what is going on around oneself; judgment; judgement; discretion
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
written oath; covenant; pledge
to push; to press; to apply pressure from above; to press down; to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal; to affix (e.g. gold leaf)
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)