shadow or cloud (e.g. on someone's happiness); shade; gloom
as one wishes; the way one wants; to one's satisfaction
the truth; fact; as it is; as you are; frank; bare plain
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of
because of; on account of; regarding; per; apiece
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
to accumulate one's unpublished paintings or writings
(looking) blankly; vacantly; dazedly; (staring) in puzzlement; with a look of amazement
to hold; to carry; to embrace (in one's arms)
tummy; tumtum; bang-bang; pop-pop; without reservation; unreservedly
to become aroused (of emotions, nerves, etc.); to become excited; to become stirred up; to be proud; to be haughty; to be pompous
personality; character; individuality; personhood
to wake (someone) up (by calling for them); to awaken; to call (to mind); to bring back (memories); to evoke
sticking; clinging; with a smack (e.g. sitting down); hard; all over; thickly
unprecedented; never seen before
to that extent; accordingly; that being the case; that state; that condition
emotion; feeling; atmosphere; mood; spirit
to flub (one's lines); to be flustered; to be confused; to bungle; to mess up
template; run of the mill; formulaic
axis; shaft; center; centre; stalk; stem
way of talking; speaking style
thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances
to drive into (e.g. a nail into a board); to hit into (e.g. a home run into the stands); to throw into (e.g. jail); to drum into (someone) (an idea, skill, etc.); to hammer into
in the early period (of something); at the beginning
to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention
to suffer; to receive (kindness, rebuke, support); to sustain (damage)
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)
how; in what way; how about; questionable
bold; shameless; cheeky; brash; impudent
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
tough; strong; stiff; tenacious
you could say; you might say; verging on the
to quieten down; to fall silent; to cease activities; to become inactive; to lie low
to supplant; to supersede; to replace; to take the place of
to peel; to skin; to pare
now (esp. in contrast to the past); now at last; at present; right now
tasteless; flavourless; uninteresting; dull; dry
written word; written language
to sit at a desk (to study); to set to work on revision, homework, etc.