to poke fun at; to make fun of; to send up
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
in hand; on hand; on one; handheld
sympathy; agreement with; alignment; conformity; tuning
funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable
to work too hard; to try too hard; to strain oneself; to overdo it; to go too far
literally; to the letter; literal
(appropriate to) time, place, occasion
cc (email); carbon copy; cubic centimeter; cubic centimetre; milliliter
rather; better; instead; if anything
breach of manners; breach of etiquette
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
courtship behavior (animals)
courting; wooing; making advances
to shrink back; to wince; to flinch; to recoil
gap; space; break; interlude; chink (in one's armor, armour); chance
to choose at one's own discretion; to choose when to do something; to estimate (the time for something)
meaningfully (smiling, grinning, etc.); suggestively; broadly; sneeringly
bomb; alcohol with liquor added (esp. wine-based shōchū highball, also beer with whiskey)
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
to become sexually aware; to awaken to sex
start of a romance; beginning of love
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
to be confused; to be bewildered; to be taken aback
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
to go on a trip; to go out to play; to go and visit (a friend)
appropriate; adequate; suitable; fitting; worthy
on a routine basis; regularly; habitually
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
smirkingly; broadly (grinning)
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)