to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
elegance; dandyism; sophistication; affectation; showing off; putting on an air
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle
former boyfriend; ex-boyfriend
soft; tender; gentle; mild; informal; light
to be unable to understand; to baffle one's understanding; to be beyond one's comprehension
abdomen; belly; womb; one's mind; one's real intentions; courage; nerve
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
how many years; how long; what year
together; jointly; at the same time; with; both
family; members of a family
to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)
extramarital sex; affair; fooling around; infidelity; wantonness; unfaithfulness
just managing; with great difficulty
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
to be too numerous; to be too much
meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence
offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)
party venue; place for a party; banquet hall
to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to plunge into; to charge into; to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to press (someone) about
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
awkward; uncomfortable; embarrassing
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
unpleasant; awkward; embarrassing; uneasy
originally; by nature; from the start
another meeting; meeting again; reunion
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
to become empty; to be emptied
action; movements; motions; bearing; behaviour; behavior
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
variety; kind; type; counter for kinds, species, etc.
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
appearance; (outward) looks; exterior appearance
to distinguish; to discern; to make out; to tell
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
intended for ...; oriented towards ...; aimed at ...
to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray