confident; assured; self-assured; bullish (e.g. market)
being at cross-purposes from the start; getting off on the wrong foot; (lit.) doing up one's buttons wrongly
aloneness; loneliness; solitude
to encourage someone to expect something; to raise someone's hopes
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
crushing; squashing; crumpling; crinkling (into a broad smile); forming creases; forming wrinkles
to warp; to bend; to contort; to be perverted; to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.); to be distorted
to rush over; to run up to
(top) half naked; naked above the waist
to finger; to touch; to play with; to grope; to feel around (in one's pocket, bag, etc.)
(sound of) laughter; laughing voice
many; much; plenty; hardly
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
to stick (to); to cling (to); to stay (e.g. in the office)
still; yet; more; still more; as ...; like ...
confused; flustered; at a loss
to mow down; to scythe down; to knock someone off their feet
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
sublime; noble; high-minded
to comb upwards; to brush up (a loose strand of hair); to turn up a lamp wick
to fall in love (with); to love
final scene; the end; finale
to come near; to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to; to overhang; to hang over
idea; plan; draft; rough copy; expectation; (arch.) desk
reflection (light, image, situation, attitude, etc.); reflecting; influence; application (e.g. of an update)
pattern; behavioural pattern; behavioral pattern; predictability
company; corporation; workplace
two sheets (pieces) (of paper)
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
work (film, book); production; creation; turning (something) out
on the occasion of; at the time of
total; complete; all-out; general; extensive; full-scale
sample; example; specimen; display model (e.g. plastic food models used by restaurants)
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
typeface; style of handwriting; calligraphic style
silver; senior citizen; pensioner
foil; (gold, etc.) leaf; prestige
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap