selfishness; egotism; egoism; egocentricity
to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown; to scowl
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape)
to get lost; to become lost; to go astray
to accompany; to follow; to keep up with
black and white; monochrome; good and evil; right and wrong; guilt and innocence
combination; assortment; matching (in a contest); pairing; combination
awkward; uncomfortable; embarrassing
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
to scurry home; to run home; to fly back
metre; meter; meter; gauge
to lose sight of; to miss
brightness; brilliance; brilliancy; radiance; glitter
to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in
fairy tale; fairy story; nursery tale
to stray into; to lose one's way (and enter); to wander into
to use X as a selling point
starting to work in a shop; joining a shop as an employee; going inside a shop; opening up a shop (in a building, etc.)
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
pure; innocent; pure; unmixed; long kimono made from the same plain-coloured cloth
innumerable; countless; numberless
to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
water; (drinking) water; night entertainment business; nightlife worker; racy; titillating
to perceive; to sense; to take in; to grasp; to feel
perception; sensing; noticing
magnification; enlargement; expansion; amplification
to change into; to convert into; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)
ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom
well-cooked; well-done; browned
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
iron plate; steel plane; sure thing; certain winner
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all