to grab attention; to attract notice; to be eye-catching
man; male; masculine gender
double take (esp. out of surprise)
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
to jest; to joke; to play the fool; to act indecently; to be silly over; to talk foolishly
demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire
spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)
malicious; ill-tempered; unkind
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
unnatural; affected; studied; forced
provocative; incendiary; inflammatory; suggestive; lascivious; risqué
such; like that; that sort of; very
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
to pay no attention to (while listening); to take no notice of; to ignore; to let go in one ear and out the other
the way there; outbound leg; bound for ...; outbound ticket
to begin to run; to start running; to break into a run
to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; (arch.) money
to stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on
to draw in; to take in; to retract; to withdraw; to take back (e.g. words)
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
knee; lap; knee and thigh (while sitting)
to bend; to crook; to lean; to tilt; to bend (the truth); to distort
class meeting; classroom assembly
stop (on a train's route)
basis; foundation; grounds; authority
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
to ask a question; to ask questions
to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip); (arch.) to affix (a bowstring to a bow)
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
jersey (fabric); jersey; (sports) uniform; Jersey (cattle)
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
preference; priority; precedence
approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; appropriate age (to ...); old enough (to ...)