being startled; getting a shock
on purpose; deliberately; intentionally
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
large amount of money; great cost
one night; one evening; all night; overnight
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
to pretend to be tough; to put on a brave front; to whistle in the dark; to bluff
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
having a headache; racking one's brains; troubling over something
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
to scream; to whine; to grumble; to complain
particle; atom; little piece; not at all; not the slightest
expectation; assume will happen; forecast
tatami mat; Japanese straw floor coverings
to pin down; to knock down; to push (and hold) somebody down (esp. with sexual connotations)
to be squashed by; to be pinned under
soft; tender; limp; subdued (colour or light) (color); gentle; meek
on the occasion of; at the time of
breast; chest; pit of the stomach; solar plexus; epigastrium
suddenly; all of a sudden; quickly; emphatically; energetically
to rise; to erect; to get up
just like that; in the twinkling of an eye; in the blink of an eye; (lit.) in the time it takes to say "ah!"
to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size
weight; weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; importance; significance
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
physiological phenomenon; physiological response
to that extent; to that degree; so much; so
to hurt; to injure; to harm; to damage; to worry; to bother
explanation; excuse; clarification; vindication; apology
to touch emotionally; to feel something; to strike home
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
romantic; spicy; coquettish