as a child; when one was a child; childhood
calculation; self-interest; selfishness
fit; spasm; attack; seizure
thread-sail filefish (Stephanolepis cirrhifer); skinning (an animal); stripping (a tree of its bark); barking
gaudy (esp. of makeup or clothing); garish; glitzy; loud
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
being at cross-purposes from the start; getting off on the wrong foot; (lit.) doing up one's buttons wrongly
virtual image; false image; pretense; pretence
to fall in love (with); to love
self-satisfaction; (self-)complacency; smugness
unrequited love; one-sided love
fighting windmills; tilting at windmills; mimicking a wrestling match by oneself (as a form of street performance, etc.)
to writhe (in pain); to be in agony; to be anguished; to be agonized; to be troubled
consideration; thoughtfulness; sympathy; compassion; feeling; kindness
self-sufficiency; self-containment; autonomy; self-absorption
in bad taste; problematic; of poor character
fully loaded; full load; loaded condition
dislike; disgust; disinclination; tired of
tap; faucet; tapping (on a touchscreen); tap dance; tap (electrical)
menial; meanness; servility; abject
thorough (criticism, defeat, etc.); utter; serious
selfishness; egotism; egoism; (being) self-centered; without consulting; (doing) as one pleases
brow; forehead; prominent forehead; beetle brow; not catching anything (in fishing)
to sink deeply into one's mind; to come home to; to go to one's heart; to pierce one's body (e.g. of wind, cold, etc.)
to divulge one's true feelings; to open one's heart
pulpy; soppy; sloppy; untidy; in a disarray
to turn inside out; to turn the other way; to look at (something) from another perspective; to put it the other way round; to visit the same prostitute or geisha for a second time
spreading around (news, rumor, etc.); making widely known; making public; publicizing; proclaiming
to make a slip of the tongue; to say something inadvertently; to blurt out without thinking
anyone; anybody; everyone; whoever
to make efforts; to take pains; to break a bone
to misfire; to come to naught; to end in failure; to fizzle out; to fall flat
Sumida River Firework Festival (Tokyo)
scrawl; scribble; graffiti; doodle
day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)
rumination; regurgitation; chewing the cud; turning over in one's mind; thinking over something; pondering
to confute; to argue down; to persuade; to convince; to prevail on
awkward; embarrassed; embarrassing; inconvenient; inopportune; untimely
to grow light; to become white; to turn grey (gray)
grasping; seizing; holding; commanding; having control over
bag; satchel; briefcase; basket
full tank (esp. of gasoline); full capacity (of a battery, receptacle, etc.)