thump-thump; bang-bang; pit-a-pat; to beat fast (of one's heart); to throb; to pound
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
looks; countenance; facial features; physiognomy
to get information out of a person; to begin listening
glance; look; glimpse; complete view; bird's-eye view
to put on (coat, gown, etc.)
slant eyes; almond-shaped eyes; eyes that are turned up at the corners
beautiful woman; (a) beauty
normally being cold but at some prompt suddenly becoming lovestruck; hot-cold personality type
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
impressive; striking; memorable; impactful
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am; older girl
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
look (in someone's eyes); expression (of the eyes); eyes
taciturn; reticent; quiet; silent; untalkative
cool (temperature, color, etc.); cool (i.e. calm and collected); cool (i.e. fashionable, attractive, etc.); course (of medical treatment); season (series) of a television program (usu. 13 installments over a 3-month period)
(emotional) tension; anxiety; (highness of) spirits; (good) mood; tension; tensile strength
establishing; proving; ascertaining; identifying; confirming
area of expertise; (one's) field; (one's) line
originally; by nature; from the start
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
(divine) revelation; divine oracle
regular; normal; formal; legal; established; legitimate
route; path; channel (e.g. sales, distribution)
at once; immediately; without delay; promptly
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
blunder; miss; slip; oversight
indispensable; essential; requisite; required; compulsory; necessary
literature; books (reference); document
to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
monster; monstrosity; giant; influential figure; monsterlike; over-demanding
all; altogether; entirely; exactly like; just like; spitting image of
shut-in; stay-at-home; hikikomori; social withdrawal; shunning other people
constitution (physical); physical make-up; predisposition (to disease); character (of a group, organization, etc.); innate characteristics; make-up
to come true (of a wish, prayer, etc.); to be realized; to suit (e.g. a purpose); to meet (wishes, ideals, etc.); to match (implies competition); to rival
ruffian; scoundrel; rogue; rascal; villain; hoodlum
little more than; only slightly better than; almost the same as
amount of experience; experience level; experience point; exp; XP
leveling up; raising the level (of); boosting; improving; improvement; rising to the next level
in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of
dancing or jumping for joy
home page; horsepower; HP; half-pipe (i.e. in snowboarding); HP (i.e. a 'hit point' in a role-playing game)
to be taken for granted; to be generally accepted; to be the established wisdom; to be the (social) convention; to be the customary thing to do
you have only to; all you have to (do); all that's required; as long as; if only
to come back; to bloom a second time