to pretend; to act (as if)
complexion; colour; color; blood red
(staring) piercingly; (looking) hard
to grasp at straws; to resort to desperate measures
to rub; to pat; to stroke; to massage
interview (with a doctor); history taking
affectation; pretension; thin veneer; blunt sword with a tempered steel edge
advice; counsel; remonstrance; recommendation
jingling; jangling; clinking; lasciviously; coquettishly
smoking a cigarette without holding it with one's fingers; holding a cigarette in one's mouth
to look young; to seem young
unscrupulous sales practice involving expensive hard-to-break contracts
quick; prompt; without delay; simple; easy; effortless
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
usurer; usury; loansharking
foil; (gold, etc.) leaf; prestige
gaudy; showy; garish; crooked; vicious; wicked
trade; business; commerce; occupation; calling; profession
consumer credit (finance, loan)
to bite (at); to snap at; to snap at (someone); to flare up at; to jump down (someone's) throat
to sing; to sing of (love, beauty, etc.) in a poem; to express in the form of a poem; to recite (a poem)
while surprised; suddenly
interest (on a loan, deposit etc.)
just this side of; one step short of; on the brink
internal conditions; true state of affairs
what little ... one has; tiny amount of; paltry
to press a question; to cross-examine
to trouble; to bother; to annoy; to give trouble
being well versed (in); being well acquainted (with); being familiar (with); (a boy's) first ejaculation; spermarche; semenarche
curse; spell; malediction
to interrupt (a story, etc.); to bend at the waist
sanpaku eyes (eyes with visible white between the iris and the lower eyelid)
being particular (about); being fussy; being picky; being choosy; being fastidious
to feel like; to feel inclined to do
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)