hesitation; indecision; vacillation
magic; Magic Marker; felt-tip pen; magic number
inexperienced (in life experience); unsophisticated; inexperienced (in love); innocent; birth-
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
comparatively; relatively; fairly; considering ...; for ...; despite ...
confirmed as completed; everything must go (e.g. in a sale)
lower floor; downstairs; bottom of the stairs; foot of the stairs
favourite dish (favorite); favourite food
to not give in; to be obstinate; to be stubborn; to be perverse
with a clang or a clink; tinkle
vigilance; caution; alertness; precaution; being on guard
smelling of mold; musty; putrid; old-fashioned; stale; hackneyed
blackout curtain; light-blocking curtain
gap; opening; spare moment; interval; unguarded moment; carelessness
very messy; (stuff) all over the place; (lit.) no space even for one's feet
dispersion; scattering; spreading out; diffusion
to roll; to tumble; to fall over; to roll over; to lie down; to be scattered about; to be lying around
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
to chip off; to scrape off; to prune
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
landline telephone; fixed-line telephone
answering machine; answerphone
to change (to); to switch (to); to be replaced (by)
(telephone) extension; additional telephone handset; portable handset; cordless telephone
to interrupt; to obstruct (a view, someone's way, etc.); to block (light, wind, etc.); to intercept; to cut off
case (container); case (instance, situation); case
piling up; multiple layers
Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7); reminiscent of the Shōwa era; Shōwa-nostalgic; old-fashioned
display; (computer) display; monitor
rock (music); rock; boulder; on the rocks (drink)
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
English letter; alphabetic character
wise; clever; smart; well-behaved (esp. children and pets); obedient; good
without; unacceptable; not alright; (arch.) nonexistent; (arch.) not being (there)