condescending attitude; arrogant attitude; looking down on
loser; failure; underdog; unmarried and childless older woman
to pity; to feel sympathy for; to sympathize with; (arch.) to enjoy the beauty of; (arch.) to appreciate; (arch.) to admire
to feel irritated; to feel offended; to feel angry; to feel sick; to feel nauseous
to insert; to put between; to tuck (e.g. fabric into a gap)
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
unthinkable; unimaginable; terrible; awful; (arch.) very
transformation; abnormality; sexual perversion; pervert; metamorphosis; transformation
reserves (esp. troops); reserve army; potential members of some group (e.g. the elderly); people at risk (e.g. of a medical condition); wannabees
scuttling (to escape in a panic, in shame, etc.); scurrying; scrambling
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
cross-examination; close questioning; demanding an explanation
gesture; movement; action; acting; performance
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
application; request; petition
document; official papers
autograph; signature; sign; signal; indication
handwriting; calligraphy specimen; example of penmanship; holograph
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
intuition; instinct; insight; hunch; immediacy
private property; personal belongings; personal effects
to become fine (of fabric); to be checkmated; to be hard pressed; to be at a loss
perpetrators of (some) crime; (some type of) crime
exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution
with these words; while saying
reversal; return; return gift; return favour (favor); barb (on a fishing hook); mixture of soy sauce, sugar and mirin
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
to be wet; to be moist; to get dim; to become blurred; to become tear-choked
big-shot; influential person; happy face; smiling face; sympathetic attitude; getting along with
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
to draw close to; to edge up to; to snuggle up to; to nestle close to; to cuddle with; to draw closer to
type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing
cloth; fabric; dough; batter; inherent quality; one's true character; unglazed pottery
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake