call; summons; convening; convocation
to contact; to get in touch with; to check in (with)
manga cafe; coffee shop with a manga library (usu. has Internet facilities and charges by the hour)
just you wait and see (as a threat)
being overheard; being leaked (e.g. secrets); going in one ear and out the other
crafty; vicious; unscrupulous; sharp
poor physical health; bad shape
concatenation; coupling; connection; linking; consolidation (e.g. of company accounts)
what time; (lit.) which hour
slovenly (appearance, work, etc.); sloppy; untidy; weak; feeble; weak-willed
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
punctuation; pause; juncture; end; (place to) stop
to haul in (hand over hand); to pull in; to draw in; to trace (history, threads of a story, etc.); to retrace (e.g. memories); to go over
by nature; naturally; by birth; innately; congenitally
for better or worse; luckily or unluckily
totally naked; buck naked
to hang one's head; to droop one's head
simmer; bubble out; flow out
to realize; to realise; to hit upon something
spreading one's legs wide apart; straddle; long stride; big steps; thigh-scooping body drop
to snatch from; to steal from
unsociable; unfriendly; blunt; surly; curt; cold
something's wrong (with someone); not right (in the head); not oneself; crazy; nuts
positive (e.g. thinking); positive (photography); positive (electrical polarity)
favour; favor; obligation; debt of gratitude
underwear; undergarment; underclothes; lingerie
stingy; mean; narrow-minded; petty; shabby; poor
cost of medical treatment; medical expenses; fees for treatment