-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
scissors; shears; clippers; hole punch
to hold one's tongue; to shut up
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow (i.e. bending of the body); bowing; reward
though; although; be that as it may; nonetheless
to reach back into one's memory; to search one's mind; to recall
sorry; excuse me; thank you
incredible; unbelievable; terrific; impressive
to get angry; to take offense; to take offence; to be furious
to be given the cold shoulder; to be jilted; to be rejected; to be dumped
to sew; to stitch; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
exaggerated; overblown; overdone
don't worry about it; never mind; it's OK
nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...
to mow down; to cut down; to slash (horizontally); to make a clean sweep; to sweep away; to brush away
handsome man; looker; good guy; great guy; influential person (esp. in the yakuza); sumo wrestler
love; romance; tender passion; emotion; affections
until now; till now; up to now; up to the present; so far
hearsay; rumor; rumour; report
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
to feel dizzy; to have blood rush to one's head; to lose one's cool; to be obsessed; to be infatuated; to become conceited
observation; survey; watching
unintentionally; unconsciously; by mistake; heedlessly; against one's better judgement (judgment)
childish; childlike; immature; infantile; puerile
apt to think; tend to think
to take a long hard look at; to look (someone) full in the face
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); feline; shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom (submissive partner of a homosexual relationship)
tone (of voice); manner of talking
rough; crude; sloppy; miscellaneous
to be seething (with anger); to be frenzied; to be menacing; to be murderous
gravity; gravitation; gravitational pull
to be shut; to close; to be locked; to tighten; to be tightened; to become sober
with a snap; with a bang; with a plonk; suddenly; all of a sudden
wide difference; a world of difference
to put on coquettish airs; to act flirtatiously; to act kittenish
devastating; catastrophic; crushing