I'm afraid to say; I'm sorry to say; unfortunately
very improbable; vanishingly unlikely; only with a miracle
surely (not); certainly (not)
choking; suffocating; stifling; oppressive; heavy
hot (thing); passionate (feelings, etc.); ardent; hot (e.g. temper); zealous; enthusiastic; intense
date (with someone); (social) outing (for two); date night; date (day)
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
to dodge (e.g. a question); to evade; to sidestep; to give (someone) the slip
only; merely; but; no more than
underwear; undergarment; underclothes; lingerie
colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance
inside one's heart; in one's mind
crying loudly; bawling; wailing; crying one's eyes out (without making noise); breaking into a flood of tears; crying buckets
last moment; eleventh hour; platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period
to turn back; to go back; to come back; to return; to retrace one's steps
you must be kidding; hey, come on!; surely not!
sukiyaki; thin slices of beef, cooked with various vegetables in a table-top cast-iron pan
to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
happiness; blessedness; luck; luckily; fortunately
student guidance; student counseling
room; wife (of someone of high rank); scabbard; Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
reaction; response; reaction
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
play; recreation; play (theatre); performance; staging; praying
carefree; optimistic; careless; reckless; heedless; happy-go-lucky
to be bloodcurdling; to be ghastly
to attack; to assault; to assail
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
search (esp. for someone or something missing); manhunt; legally authorized search of a person, building, etc.
slip; skid; slip (i.e. petticoat); slip (of paper); Serial Link IP; SLIP
(dragging a large or heavy item) slowly; (falling) little by little; (slipping) gradually; on and on; while putting off; with a slurp
sideslip; skid; shifting to another post (at the same level); sideways move (at a company); sliding sideways down a slope (skiing)