for now; for the time being; for the present; though not quite satisfactorily; after a fashion
on good terms with; on cordial terms with; getting along well with; to make friends with; to be good friends with; to get along with
sincerely; earnestly; repeatedly; over and over; again and again
to have glazed eyes (when drunk, angry, etc.); to have glassy eyes
with a shiver (down one's spine); with a sudden chill
chill; the shivers; shivering fit; cold; coldness; cold air
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate
alias; pseudonym; pen name; nom de plume; different name; other name
(undesirable but) inseparable relationship
to surpass; to outstrip; to excel
to see through; to see into (someone's heart, mind, etc.); to perceive; to find out; to detect
dangerous; critical; grave; uncertain; unreliable; dodgy
to be ruined (reduced to poverty); to fall low; to go under; to come to ruin
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
to be full of (e.g. adventure, youth, energy); to be overflowing with
coincident with; while; simultaneously
uncomfortable feeling; feeling out of place; sense of discomfort; malaise; physical unease
true character; true form; true colors (colours); consciousness; one's senses
what is it (that); the meaning of something; what something is about
to be satisfied (with an explanation, apology, etc.); to be happy
to break the ice; to broach a subject; to bring up a topic
after school (at the end of the day)
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
café; cafe; coffeehouse; hostess bar (serving western alcoholic beverages; Taisho and Showa period)
to go out for tea (or coffee, etc.)
discrepancy; discord; disagreement; mismatch; dissonance
to glare at each other; to confront each other
lunch; noon; midday; daytime; waking up; getting up
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
look here; I say; well; I know what; I'll tell you what; just a minute
(someone else's) daughter
(young) hoodlum; delinquent boy; small-time yakuza; brat; little shit
(emotional) tension; anxiety; (highness of) spirits; (good) mood; tension; tensile strength
to bare one's fangs; to snarl (at)
restriction; restraint; binding; constraint
to comb out; to brush; to untangle; to unravel
sense of values; values; value system
choices; alternatives; options
to entrust (a matter) to; to leave to; to abandon oneself to (e.g. pleasure); to yield to (e.g. anger); to devote oneself to
wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic