pretending not to know; feigning ignorance
withdrawal symptoms; abstinence syndrome
sense of urgency; feeling of high tension
scrawl; scribble; graffiti; doodle
piece of paper; slip of paper; strip of paper; scrap of paper
being elected; being selected (to win a prize, etc.); winning (in a lottery, raffle, etc.)
looking depressed; long face
to choke up; to be speechless; to hold one's tongue
before one knows it; before one realises; without one's knowledge; without noticing
to get complicated; to grow worse; to turn sour
persecution complex; paranoia
replying to someone's email immediately
to meet; to face someone; to co-star; to appear together; to be matched; to face against
to catch one's breath; to gulp; to have one's breath taken away; to gasp
improper way (of doing); wrong way; unorthodox method; evil course; evil path; heresy
circuitous; roundabout; indirect
quick; prompt; without delay; simple; easy; effortless
to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was
rather; sooner; preferably
to steal; to rob; to deceive; to trick; to graze (in passing); to skim; to appear and quickly disappear (a thought, a smile, etc.)
to be enthusiastic about; to be eager; to be keen
last moment; eleventh hour; platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period
to flutter; to wave; to move restlessly
formal marriage interview
to comb out; to brush; to untangle; to unravel
sensitive; alert; aware; susceptible
pale; pallid; bluish-white
to become settled; to be fixed
taking a quantity (of time, people, etc.); similar to ...; dependent on ...; reliant on ...; while ...; when ...
hostility; antagonism; opposition
tap-tap; knock-knock; cough-cough; bark (of a fox); yelp; heavily (e.g. of snow falling)
to make round; to roll up; to seduce; to cajole; to round off (a fraction); (arch.) to lump together
parking lot; car park; carpark; parking garage
(tree) trunk; (arrow) shaft; (tool) handle; backbone; base
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
to fiddle with; to monkey around with
it doesn't matter what; anything is fine
unable to stomach; sticking in one's throat; displeased with
call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
to be to the point; to hit the mark; to be relevant