sanity; consciousness; soberness
passion; enthusiasm; zeal
laying one's head in someone's lap; using someone's lap for a pillow
thank you for your hard work; good work; see you; goodbye; goodnight
gap; difference; disparity; discrepancy
sprouting; budding; crush (esp. on an imaginary character in manga, etc.); fascination; infatuation
good humour (humor); good mood
tray; family; household; O-Bon; Bon Festival; gambler's den
trouble; bother; annoyance
to feel anxious; to feel nervous; fluttering down; trickling down (e.g. tears); hanging untidily (of hair); straggling
to be blown off; to blow off; to blow away; to vanish; to disappear
follow; following (on social media, esp. Twitter); follow-up; following up; backing-up; covering for; follow-up shot
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
person in charge (including a supervisory role for other staff); person responsible for ...; responsible party; supervisor; manager
composed expression; clear face
it is I who should say so
tone (of voice); manner of talking
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
handshake; reconciliation; joining hands; cooperation
nod deeply; glugging; drinking deeply
to obey respectfully; to humble oneself; to sit straight (upright, respectfully, attentively)
mode (musical mode, mode of probability distribution, state of physical system); fashion
attractive; good-looking; stylish; cool; smooth; neat
(something) one does not really mean; insincere
certain; unmistaken; evident; obvious; beyond doubt
to come untied; to come apart; to be softened; to be relaxed
to be blessed with; to be rich in; to abound in
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
creakingly; squeakingly; tightly (squeezing, pressing, etc.); (drinking) all in one sweep
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
how long; how far; how much
jealousy; roasted rice cake
to writhe (in pain); to be in agony; to be anguished; to be agonized; to be troubled
secret intention; ulterior motive; kanji "heart" radical at bottom
look of amazement; looking dumbfounded
commonplace (of people or animals); ordinary; typical; ubiquitous; run-of-the-mill; found around every corner
close; intimate; on good terms
to trust; to relax one's guard (around)