surprise attack; surprise visit; catching a person off guard
tea (esp. green or barley); tea break; teatime; tea ceremony
oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
with a twitch (e.g. an eyebrow); with a dip; with a bob; with a flutter
curious; strange; unusual
erotic humiliation; sexual humiliation; deliberate provocation of shame or embarrassment for erotic pleasure
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
unexpected; unforeseen; inconceivable
regular employee; permanent employee; full-time employee
lover; sweetheart; boyfriend; girlfriend
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
perhaps; possibly; by some chance; by some possibility
core; heart (of the matter); point; crux; kernel
return gift; return favour; revenge; change (in a cash transaction)
persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency
curiosity; inquisitiveness
to bend oneself forward (esp. in curiosity or excitement); to hang out (e.g. over a balcony)
manners; behavior; behaviour
plentifully; amply; loosely; with room to spare; a good (e.g. two weeks, ten kilometres); a full
chop (pork, lamb, etc.); chop; chop (in tennis or table tennis); chop stroke
top of the head; crown of the head
to face on; to look out on to
engawa; external corridor on the outer side of traditional Japanese houses; bone at the base of a fin (esp. of a flatfish); meat at the base of a fin
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
such ... as; or some such
I, myself; one-self; by one-self; even I; even one
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
proposal; offer; request; application
to throw down; to throw out; to abandon; to resign; to give freely; to give generously
to accomplish; to achieve; to complete; to carry out; to carry through
to rub; to crumple; to massage; to argue; to have a heated discussion; to train; to coach
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say everything; to tell all
perception; intuition; the sixth sense
quite unlike; not bearing the slightest resemblance
hanging around; wandering around (aimlessly); moving around (restlessly); running around
shop; store; someone who sells (something) or works as (something); someone with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
to make good; to improve; to do often; to be kind to; to treat well