to cause offence (offense); to create hard feelings
notice; notification; permission; consent; rejection; refusal
sunlight; rays of the Sun
to push up (one's hair) with one's fingers; to comb up; to smooth back (a wisp of hair)
making out; necking; getting handsy; canoodling; being lovey-dovey; getting affectionate (with each other)
to shrink back; to wince; to flinch; to recoil
aloof; proudly independent; standing apart; solitary
sparkle of one's eyes; insight; discernment; penetration
to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself
lovers talk; sweet nothings
to disturb; to prevent; to obstruct; to hinder
to be seething (with anger); to be frenzied; to be menacing; to be murderous
to make way for; to make room for; to get out of the way; to pave the way for; to open up opportunity
in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly; hazily; with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh
locker room; changing room; dressing room
to stagnate; to settle (at the bottom); to deposit; to become sluggish; to become dull; to be delayed
androgynous; gender-neutral
to soften; to calm down; to be eased; to be mitigated; to subside; to abate
advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
exchange (e.g. cultural); interchange; interaction; alternating current; AC
to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)
to look out on; to overlook; to face (a situation, crisis, etc.); to meet (e.g. death); to deal with (an issue); to attend (e.g. a function)
one more; another (one); (not) quite; (not) entirely; (not) enough
to be to the point; to hit the mark; to be relevant
being left out; being ostracized
retrogression; reversal; relapse; doubling back; backtracking
one color; one kind; one tendency; being the sole mood, sentiment, focus of attention, etc.
to paint over; to paint out; to fill in; to cover completely (with paint)
before very long; soon; someday; one of these days; sooner or later
frequent appearance; frequent occurrence
to (relax and) stretch one's legs out; to go for a further walk
to choke; to have trouble breathing
cram-free education; pressure-free education
end (of life); death; demise; (peacefully) spending one's final years
addressing (someone) without using a suffix such as "-san" or "-chan" (considered impolite)
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
to be intimate with; to befriend
indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions
seiza; kneeling with the tops of the feet flat on the floor, and sitting on the soles