consideration; inquiry; enquiry; investigation; study
with a twitch (e.g. an eyebrow); with a dip; with a bob; with a flutter
to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
lisping; poorly expressed; unclear (wording); imprecise (expression)
guardhouse; detention barracks
fearfully; timidly; nervously; cautiously; gingerly
just as one thought; as usual; sure enough
laugh; laughter; smile; sneer; sex aids (e.g. dildos, pornographic books, erotic woodblock prints, etc.)
to become pale; to turn pale
clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)
carefree; optimistic; careless; reckless; heedless; happy-go-lucky
to overdo; to do too much
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)
to persuade; to coax; to solicit; to seduce; to make advances; to make a play
there being no use in arguing (about it)
to drag along; to pull; to force someone along; to prolong; to drag out; to influence strongly
to learn by experience; to learn one's lesson; to learn the hard way; to be discouraged (by); to have enough (of); to be disgusted (with)
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
uh-huh; mm-hmm; with a moan; with a groan
youth; springtime of life; adolescent
(dragging a large or heavy item) slowly; (falling) little by little; (slipping) gradually; on and on; while putting off; with a slurp
to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged
boo! (sound used to scare someone); ugh (dissatisfaction, aggravation); ulp (consternation)
to blow against; to spray (paint, etc.) (onto a surface)
to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up
spine (of book); binding (of book)
welcome!; nice to see you!
a sentence; one sentence; (short) piece of writing
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
through; non-stop; direct; going straight to
tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)