tightrope walking; high-wire act; funambulism; treading a tightrope; walking on thin ice; pulling a risky balancing act
how many people; a number of people
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
to soothe; to calm; to pacify
tone (of voice); manner of talking
to admonish; to persuade; to warn; to remonstrate
uncomfortable; ill at ease; not feel at home
self-esteem; self-respect; self-importance; conceit; pride
part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties
admirable; commendable; praiseworthy; laudable; brave; heroic
brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost
to entrust; to leave to a person
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
disgusting; sickening; revolting; nauseating
he; she; this; this one; Hey, you!; You bastard!
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
poor-quality; low-quality; shoddy; low-grade
that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you
by myself; in person; by oneself
to desire; to wish for; to expect; to see; to command (a view of)
before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to
tone (of voice); parlance; style; intonation; accent
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
shameless; shameless person
speaking by proxy; speaking for (someone else); payment by proxy; compensation by proxy; acting for (someone else); carrying out (on someone's behalf)
to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out
to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at)
regrettable; vexing; upsetting; unthinkable; wholly unexpected
older sister; lass; young lady
lack of expression; blank look (on one's face)
nodding (in agreement, with approval, etc.); repeatedly nodding and dozing off; suddenly (dying); deep (flavor, flavour, color, colour, etc.); rich
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
laugh; laughter; smile; sneer; sex aids (e.g. dildos, pornographic books, erotic woodblock prints, etc.)
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
for two people's eyes to meet; catching someone's eye; making eye contact; meeting a person's gaze
to crawl; to creep; to slither; to wriggle; to trail (of vines, flowers, etc.); to spread
grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man
middle-aged man; Buddhist priest