satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
pattern; design; body build; figure; essential qualities; character
to be flustered; to lose one's presence of mind
to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
high praise; great admiration; rave reviews
seeing for the first time; first sight; first meeting; sight-reading
clearing one's throat; cough
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
daring; fearless; intrepid; bold; tough
declaration; proclamation; announcement
to accept somebody's challenge; to take up the gauntlet
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
eyewitness report; eyewitness information
don't you think?; indicates question
even; even if; even though; because of; on the grounds that
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
self-consciousness; self-awareness
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
(on) one's own; (by) oneself
to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
(moment of) departure; (upon) leaving; retirement
unpleasant; awkward; embarrassing; uneasy
to look away; to avert one's eyes
fighting (against); taking on (an opponent); facing; confronting; competing (with); battle
to gnaw; to nibble; to bite; to dabble in; to have a smattering of
ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound
to ring; to sound; to be popular; to be esteemed; to state; to insist
battlefield; battleground
to keep company; to look after; to entertain; to play (a game) with
manner of speaking; mode of expression; way of saying something
to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle