to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay
fleeting (glimpse, glance, etc.)
could result in (something undesirable); might end up (doing, happening); run the risk of
boundary; border; limit; bounds; frontier
repetition; iteration; recursion; recurrence; recapitulation
pattern; behavioural pattern; behavioral pattern; predictability
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
to extend (e.g. a house); to add to (e.g. coals to a fire)
half tatami mat; heckling; jeering; interrupting
reproduction; duplication; reprinting
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
painter; artist; drawing pictures; doodling; painting
staring-out (down) game; game in which two children looking at each other try to make the opponents laugh first; constant looking at something (e.g. the computer screen, the clock, etc.)
search; lookup; hunt; (item of) research; exploration; investigation
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
misjudgement; misjudgment; mistake in vision
to assume an air of importance; to be self-important; to put on airs
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
threatening attitude; menacing look; angry look
to talk; to chat; to chatter
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward; gift
imitation; fake; phony; pseudo-
story of one's experience; recounting of one's experiences; narrative; testimonial
uncharacteristic; unbefitting; unworthy (of)
clumsy; awkward; tactless; awkward (e.g. socially); (arch.) mean; (arch.) cowardly
banknote; bill; note; paper money
to be confused; to be flustered; to be at a loss
sticking; clinging; with a smack (e.g. sitting down); hard; all over; thickly
to blame; to reproach; to question (a suspect); to challenge; to aggravate (an injury); to be aggravated
to expose (to the sun, public, danger, etc.); to bleach; to refine; to rinse (vegetables); to soak; to doxx
timidity; cowardice; prudence; pedantry
cowardly; craven; unfair; mean; sneaky
possessed of a strong sense of duty
type of household amulet or talisman, issued by a Shinto shrine, hung in the house for protection
this area; around here; this point; this much; this extent
simple; artless; naive; unsophisticated
embarrassed; feeling ashamed; feeling awkward