before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to; all of a sudden
to notice; to realize; to realise; to regain consciousness; to come to (one's senses); to come round
hair on the back of one's head
Codd-neck bottle; Codd bottle
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
pat; tap; pop; crack; cutesy suffix applied to names
stopper; cork; plug; tap; faucet; stopcock
carbonic acid; carbonated water; carbonated drink; baking soda; sodium carbonate
bottle; jar; decanter; flagon; phial; vial
to project; to reflect; to cast (shadow)
ramune; type of lemon soda sold in a Codd-neck bottle; compressed tablet candy; glucose tablet
itching to do something; impatient; sorely tempted; eager
to be full; to wax (e.g. moon); to rise (e.g. tide); to mature; to expire
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
to rip (someone) off; to overcharge; to ask a high price
moderate; proper; just right
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
some; (a) little; somewhat; to some extent; in part
reddish tinge; tinge of red; slight redness; reddishness; blush
to attach; to stick together; to place together; to put side by side; to make (someone) get married; to get (someone) hitched
suddenly (stick out, appear, extend, etc.); abruptly (protrude); unexpectedly
holding tightly; squeezing; onigiri; rice ball; (accepting a) bribe
to be transparent; to be see-through; to be clear; to be clear (of a voice or sound)
shivering (with cold); trembling (with fear); shuddering
depravity; corruption; degradation
sight; attraction; spectacle; something worth seeing
to be able to eat; to be able to swallow
to obey respectfully; to humble oneself; to sit straight (upright, respectfully, attentively)
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
slapping on (stamp, sticker); flopping down
blank space (in a document); blank; void; whitespace
from the place (where); from the fact that ...; caused by the fact that ...; because
departure; departing from ...; sent from ...; (a letter, etc.) dated ...; counter for engines (on an aircraft); counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.
to light (a candle, lamp, etc.); to turn on (a light)
clean; clear; pure; honest; clean
to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn
to cut into (a line, conversation, etc.); to force oneself into (e.g. a crowd); to fall below (of stock prices, sales, etc.); to drop below; to wedge; to play a wedge
to quiet (a child, crowd, etc.); to quieten; to calm (one's nerves, excitement, etc.); to compose (oneself); to suppress (a rebellion, riot, fire, etc.); to quell
advice; counsel; suggestion; tip; hint
to have a pulse; to be alive; to have a chance; to be not altogether hopeless
violence; assault; rough (handling, language, etc.); reckless; rape; sexual assault
to regain one's footing; to get back on one's feet; to recover; (of the market) to improve