I don't know ...; how about ...?; I wonder; what about ..?
environment; circumstance
destruction; disruption; (application) crash
preconception; preconceived notion; prejudice
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute; pitiful; pitiable
to begin to open; to come out; to smile broadly; to come apart at the seams (clothes)
naivete; simplicity; innocence
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
mouth; lips; shape of the mouth; near an entrance; vicinity of an entrance
minority group (party); minority
self-consciousness; self-awareness
eccentric; crank; oddball
having a headache; racking one's brains; troubling over something
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
to go out and away; to leave
to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
koku; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180.4 litres; measure of a Japanese-style boat's loading capacity (approx. 278.26 liters)
outsider's perspective; as seen by an observer
to gasp for air; to pant; to be out of breath
sweat; perspiration; moisture; condensation; gulp; oops
soaking (wet); wringing; dripping; drenched
unsightly; ugly; unseemly; indecent; deplorable; disgraceful
boasting of one's strength
still more; even more; all the more; still less; even less
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
lunch break; noon recess; noon rest period
at a moment's notice; readily
to refer to; to use as reference
dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris); squealer; rat; loser; asshole; counterfeit
cattle (Bos taurus); cow; beef; Chinese "Ox" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
unfeeling; heartless; cold-hearted; cruel
to pretend not to see; to turn one's back on
bento; Japanese box lunch
reasonable (person); obedient (e.g. child); doing what one is told
to insist; to assert; to be obstinate in saying
to hand over; to transfer; to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way; to yield; to concede
income; receipts; revenue