to open one's mouth (to talk); to (start to) tell
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
to be blind to one's shortcomings; to play innocent
to weigh on one's mind; to bother one; to be interested (in); to be curious (about); to feel like (doing); to feel inclined to
to feel like it; to get to think that way; to become so minded
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
to be in a hurry; to be impatient; to be anxious (to do); to get a fright; to panic; to get flustered
tendency; trend; inclination
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
I, myself; one-self; by one-self; even I; even one
fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
heart; guts; nerve; central part
thumping (heart); banging; pounding; racing
losing easily; being trounced; being beaten hands down
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself
sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
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
if that's the case ...; if so ...; that being the case ...
movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
accounting; finance; bill (at a restaurant); check; accountant; treasurer
to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
(approximate) age; years; elderly; old; older (than); senior
woman; lady; adult female
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
this is why; this means; it is the case that
so-so; passable; now, now; my, my
crumpled; rumpled; to be annoyed; to be irritated; noisily (chewing)
to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach
pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely
one's youth; early life; one's early days; one's early years
considerably; fairly; quite
beautiful woman; (a) beauty
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
entry to school or university; matriculation; enrolment (in university, etc.) (enrollment)