anyone; anybody; everyone; whoever
previous time; last time; previous installment; previous instalment; previous session
formal marriage interview
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
vexing; irritating; impatient
indicates supposition; if ... then; when; (typically after someone's name) indicates exasperation
to be shy; to be bashful; to feel awkward; to feel embarrassed
calculating; mercenary; selfish; self-interested
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
reason; logic; sense; truth; right
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice
lucky sukebe; type of fan service in anime where there's accidental nudity, groping, etc.
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; nuisance; bore; burden
freezing; turning into ice; freezing; locking up; freezing (in one's tracks); frieze (part of an entablature between the architrave and the cornice)
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
to draw (a thread); to let out (e.g. a rope); to head out as a group; to set out in large numbers; to send out one after another; to dispatch
to bring near; to bring close; to let go near; to associate with; to bring (people) together; to let come near (of a person)
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
good-looking guy; handsome man; hunk; Adonis; cool guy
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to bend down; to bow down; to prostrate oneself; to hide oneself
(on a) closer look; closer scrutiny; second look
to receive favor (favour); to be much obliged to someone; to be indebted
to get to know each other; to make acquaintance
aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
(idle) curiosity; fancifulness; whimsy; (having) strange tastes
to attend on; to wait on; to accompany; to escort; to chaperone
meticulous; careful; discreet; scrupulous; prudent
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
to shift one's attention to; to shift one's focus on
it's not like; it isn't as if
in advance; beforehand; previously
arrangement; preparations; search (by police)
such; like that; in that way
properly; accurately; exactly; neatly; tidily; orderly
blunder; miss; slip; oversight
to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)
somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble