to stare at; to look hard at; to look up and down; to scrutinize; to scrutinise
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
having no make-up; wearing no make-up; being without make-up
grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); assistance; help; effects; influence
to be dampened (of the mood, interest, etc.); to be spoiled (e.g. of the atmosphere); to become subdued; to turn white; to fade (to white); to grow light (at dawn)
nonsense; no meaning; meaningless
to comb down; to smooth down
grown-up (manner, etc.); mature; adult
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
cool; stylish; good-looking; fashionable; sexy
standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability
to hurt one's feelings; to rub someone the wrong way
to be in a hurry; to be impatient; to be anxious (to do); to get a fright; to panic; to get flustered
contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
apart from that; to return to the topic; enough of that
confections; sweets; candy; cake
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged
follow; following (on social media, esp. Twitter); follow-up; following up; backing-up; covering for; follow-up shot
to praise (to the skies); to sing the praises (of); to extol
disaster; accident; shipwreck; distress
to shout; to cry; to scream; to clamour
to splash; to raise (e.g. prices)
hard (on the ears); offensive (to the ear); rasping; rough; harsh; grating
to feel itchy; to itch; to feel creepy; to be impatient; to itch (to do something); to be eager
implement for carrying heavy loads, generally made of bamboo and woven grass or rope
furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality
leaving as is; leaving alone; leaving to chance; neglecting; abandoning
with a scraping sound; with a grating sound; with force; hard; forcibly (carry out); forcefully; hard (e.g. food)
(sense of) taste; counter for food, drink, medicine, etc.
to choke; to be choked by; to be stifled by
to rub; to pat; to stroke; to massage
innocent; naive; unsophisticated; birth-
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
elder brother; one's senior; older man; man older than oneself
matter being discussed (e.g. in a private conversation); it's not your business; it doesn't matter (to you); our side of the story (in contrast to another's version)
unexpectedly; surprisingly; unexpected; unanticipated; unforeseen