loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback
pretending to respect (someone) while in fact staying distant; keeping at arm's length; avoiding (something unpleasant); shying away from; giving (the batter) an "intentional walk"
movie; film; motion picture
it's not like; it isn't as if
master; expert; Meijin (professional title); Meijin (highest title for male players in competitive karuta)
My Fair Lady (1956 musical, 1964 movie )
smoothly; swimmingly; forthrightly; without hesitation
to declare; to speak out; to warn; to spit out (words)
drama; play; Chinese opera
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
whim; caprice; vagary; eccentricity
genuine article; real thing; real deal
to make matters worse; besides; what's more; in addition; on top of that
patron (of the arts, an artist, etc.); patroness; sugar daddy; man who provides for a woman (e.g. a geisha); patron; master
old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly
to put one's hand on; to touch
toilet; restroom; bathroom; going to the toilet; relieving oneself
toilet; lavatory; powder room
colony; (Japanese) settlement (in Brazil)
facility; facilities; institution; home (for the elderly, orphans, etc.)
awfully; frightfully; desperately; violently; unduly; extremely
amiability; friendliness; fondness (of someone); affection; compliments; civilities
I feel that ...; I feel as though ...; I have a feeling that ...; I have the impression that ...; I think that ...
this world; this life; world of the living
to be born; to come into this world
high-quality goods; luxury item
a little bit; a little while
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
womanly; ladylike; feminine
deep emotion; strong feelings
to indulge in; to give oneself up to; to be obsessed by; to be engrossed in; to be lost in; to be absorbed in
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
indication; sign; hint; tone (of the market)
shivering; feeling chilly; shuddering (with fear); feeling creepy; thrilled; excited
to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby
gun; firearm; small arms (e.g. rifle, pistol, etc)
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; the background; behind the scenes
to listen carefully; to strain one's ears
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
(sound of) footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching