school festival; cultural festival; annual open day school event showcasing student talent
to be photographed; to be projected
(one's) figure; build; physique; style
curiosity; inquisitiveness
attractive; good-looking; stylish; cool; smooth; neat
(outward) looks; features; face; countenance; expression
change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
please; somehow or other; one way or another
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
being startled; getting a shock
to be flustered; to lose one's presence of mind
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
coworker; co-worker; colleague; associate
to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)
stone; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); stone (in go); stone (in the bladder, kidney etc.); calculus
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
unpleasant; awkward; embarrassing; uneasy
secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
trouble; troubles; worry; distress; sorrows; anguish
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
(please) try to; (please) look; seeing; looking
to speak distinctly; to speak clearly; to put it bluntly; to get to the point; to be frank
to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up
(with a) start; fright; alarm
to press for an answer; to shower questions on someone
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
forcibly; against one's will
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
victim; injured party; sufferer
(not) at all; (not) a bit; (not) in the least; (not) in the slightest
nape of the neck; back of the neck; scruff of the neck
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to strip someone; to help someone remove (clothes)
to protrude; to stick out; to be forced out; to be pushed out; to go over (e.g. a budget); to go beyond
properly; accurately; exactly; neatly; tidily; orderly
freedom of the person; personal freedom; personal liberty
to have sex; to have a physical relationship
you have only to; all you have to (do); all that's required; as long as; if only
to coil about; to follow about; to surround; to cling to
all night long; all through the night
even if; even though; however; no matter how
with these words; while saying