irritating; irritated; frustrating; vexing; (feeling things are) not quick enough; (feeling) too slow-going
good-natured person; good person; (one's) lover; boyfriend; girlfriend
manners; behavior; behaviour
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
bad guy; villain; evildoer; scoundrel
nature; spontaneity; natural airhead
thrust; charge; digging into (a matter); depth; straight man (of a comedy duo); quip; gibe
happiness; blessedness; proving fortunate; yielding positive outcome; luckily; fortunately
rather than; more ... than ...
to press against each other; to huddle together
disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful
speaking of ...; as for ...
even at the best of times; already; (even) under normal circumstances; in addition to; as it is
crying loudly; bawling; wailing; crying one's eyes out (without making noise); breaking into a flood of tears; crying buckets
irrespective of the person concerned; indiscriminately; anyone and everyone; anybody at all
suddenly; all of a sudden; unexpectedly
fault; error; going poorly; being disadvantageous; un-; non-
only recently; just of late
omen; portent; sign; presage; harbinger; premonition
separate room; another room; special room; (arch.) concubine (of a noble)
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
to stop crying; to cry oneself out
I feel that ...; I feel as though ...; I have a feeling that ...; I have the impression that ...; I think that ...
final adjustment; final coordination
mechanism; machinery; trick; dodge; mechanical doll; string puppet
detailed; minute; articulate
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
mishmash; miscellany; medley; jumble; mixture; odds and ends
otherwise; or else; if not
ground-breaking; revolutionary; unprecedented; epoch-making
research and development; R&D
composite; combined; complex
(practical) application; putting to practical use; applied (e.g. physics, linguistics, research)
study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science
transformation; abnormality; sexual perversion; pervert; metamorphosis; transformation
eccentric; oddball; character; weirdo
trap (for catching animals); snare; trap; trick; ruse
(private) secretary; treasured book; secret book
to wedge one's way in; to push in (between); to step in (between); to interrupt (a conversation, quarrel, etc.); to intervene