to be breathtaking; to be stifling
reproachful; resentful; spiteful
perfunctory; apathetic; makeshift; slapdash; routine; usual
resigning to another's will; going along without resistance; doing as another wants
sound of thin metal or plastic surface caving in and springing back; action of quickly bowing or lowering one's head; (with a) bob of the head
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
incomplete understanding; doubt; question; distrust; suspicion; strangeness
label (i.e. sticker); label (i.e. record label)
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
to wake up; to awake; to perk up; to awaken (to the truth, etc.); to come to a realization; to come to one's senses
about to start out; just about to leave or go out; outing; trip
lying down and getting up; waking; getting up; living (with); staying (with)
police box; koban; alternation; alternating (current, stress, etc.)
examination; quiz; test; tryout; rehearsal (in filming)
operation; management; handling; manipulating (to one's benefit); manipulation; influencing
acutely (feel); keenly; severely; tightly; hard
to hesitate; to have scruples; to be afraid of what others may think; to lord it over; to have great influence
to miss one's chance to say; to fail to mention
to fall down (e.g. off a chair); to slip down (e.g. one's eyeglasses); to make a fool of oneself; to whoop it up; to be on the spree
farce; charade; person who serves tea; short and humorous improvised sketch (originating from Edo-era kabuki)
memory; memory; recollection; remembrance
(not even) a little; (not even) a tiny bit
moving slowly (and dull-wittedly)
to drive away; to clear; to scatter; to disperse