name; nameplate; caption; storyboard (of a manga); rough draft
clever; shrewd; canny; smart; quick; prompt
beginning of next week (usu. Monday); early next week
resting one's chin in one's hands; brace (in construction); angle brace
nothing new; same as always; an old story; nothing new about it; not the first time it has happened
to join (hands); to take (each other's hands); to scramble for; to struggle for; to pay attention to; to take notice of
student marriage (esp. university, college, etc. students)
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
troublesome; annoying; complicated
to detain; to check; to restrain
way of asking; way of listening; listener
use of seductive techniques to attain one's ends (usu. of women)
to get information out of a person; to begin listening
to take an attitude; to take a stance; to commit oneself; to assume a position
ennui; boredom; listlessness; languor
to take for granted; to assume; to pretend (to be); to pose (as); to go through with (what one decided to do); to persist in doing
superior; first-class; excellent; (that's) just fine!; bring it on!
haughty; holding one's head high
lightly; gaping wide; suddenly; unexpectedly
reform; reformation; reorganization
"gentleman" who escorts a woman home, only to make a pass at her
needless fear; groundless apprehension; unfounded worry
horse's legs; stage actor who plays the role of a horse's legs
naming; nominating; designating; calling on; asking for; requesting
completely empty (of a residence, etc.); vacant; body from which the soul has left; corpse; shed skin (of a snake, insect, etc.)
practice; practising; training; study
to take (someone) out (for a walk, to lunch, etc.); to entice out; to lure away
origin; genesis; opening; start; beginning
clingingly; (stuck) together; (pressed) all the way down; (flopping) down
to fold up; to fold into layers