scrap; piece; fag end; unimportant (person); petty (official); barely (in a role)
in order to be(come)...; since it amounts to...; since it is advantageous to...
fragile; brittle; delicate; sensitive
sister-in-law (spouse's older sister or older brother's wife); older stepsister; older adopted sister; non-blood-related older sister
to blush; to go red in the face; to change color; to change colour
bashfully; hesitantly; fidgety; restlessly; squirming; wriggling
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
composed expression; clear face
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
heart-wrenchingly; with a thrill in one's heart
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
relatively; comparatively
super-; ultra-; extremely; really; over; more than
influential; prominent; strong; likely; plausible
ardent; passionate; vehement
to feel anxious; to feel nervous; fluttering down; trickling down (e.g. tears); hanging untidily (of hair); straggling
needless fear; groundless apprehension; unfounded worry
to fire oneself up; to give it one's all; to get psyched; to fire someone up (with scolding, corporal punishment, etc.); to rouse
it doesn't matter what; anything is fine
subtle; delicate; difficult; complex; doubtful; questionable
suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
father-in-law; foster father; stepfather
along (wall, coast, river, etc.); alongside; following
marriage proposal; courtship
Chinese matrimony vine (Lycium chinense); Chinese wolfberry; goji
as ... as one can; as ... as possible; as much as possible
flustered; confused; panicked
to continue (for a long time); to occur in succession; to come next (e.g. on TV)
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
antiquity; the previous era
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty
to set (sun); to become dark
talk (esp. by a talk-show host, or by a stage musician to the audience between songs); banter; talk show; toque
to go out; to go around; to walk about; to roam
stamina; endurance; physical strength; strength of an organization (e.g. profitability, productivity, economic clout, stability, growth potential)
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
image of a bride dressed in her wedding gown (wedding kimono, etc.)