clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)
to stop; to abort; to discontinue; to close
wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment
strange; unfamiliar; mysterious; suspicious; (lit.) of an unknown nature
to do for (the sake of someone else)
extramarital sex; affair; fooling around; infidelity; wantonness; unfaithfulness
maternity blues; post-natal depression; post-partum blues
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
horizontal script (esp. of a European language); European writing; Roman letters; European language; Western language
if that's the case ...; if so ...; that being the case ...
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
searching for the culprit; trying to find out who did something
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
rather; better; instead; if anything
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
stimulus; impetus; incentive; encouragement; motivation; provocation
to be worried; to be troubled
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
to quiet; to calm down; to compose oneself; to settle down
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)
strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle
with a clink (click, clack)
porcelain (esp. hard-paste porcelain); china; chinaware
to come into contact with; to touch (each other); to have a brush with
to make a sound; to give off a sound; to hear a sound
to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
ambush; lying in wait for an ambush
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
to have an idea; to have a clue