mini-; miniskirt; mini-skirt
check; plaid; checking; monitoring; check (banking); cheque
pattern; design; body build; figure; essential qualities; character
slack; slovenly; lackadaisical; moonstruck; love-struck; spoony
to loosen; to slacken; to relax (attention, efforts, etc.); to let down (one's guard); to relax (a rule); to ease (e.g. restrictions)
pink; erotic (usually used in relation to the sex industry); blue; pornographic
shirt (undergarment); undershirt; singlet; shirt (outerwear; usu. with collar and buttons)
breast; chest; pit of the stomach; solar plexus; epigastrium
button (clothing); push-button
to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded
shot; charge; blow; punch; home run; try
way out; means to escape; escape route
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
to wield; to brandish; to display (one's knowledge); to show off; to abuse (one's power); to manipulate someone
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am; older girl
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
rapidly; vigorously; by leaps and bounds; steadily
to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size
consequence; outcome; result; blame
exclamation of surprised disappointment, disgust, or worry (yuck, ick, ack, eeew, crap!, blech, gross)
name; given name; first name
Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)
mark; symbol; to mark; to put a mark on; trademark; paying attention to; focusing on
middle and high-school students
very popular; highly favoured
just kidding; not!; ersatz; imitation; phony
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
(practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience; first-hand experience
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be