freedom; free; open; unrestricted
to be palatable; to suit one's taste
appreciation (of art, music, poetry, etc.)
faint; indistinct; dim; vague; subtle; delicate
flavour; flavor; taste; charm; appeal; interest
I; me; personal (affairs, etc.); private; selfishness; partiality
luxury grocery item (e.g. alcohol, coffee, tea, tobacco); indulgence
to concentrate one's effort (on something)
how about ...?; what about ...?; I wonder; I don't know
environment; surroundings; circumstances
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)
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
innocent; naive; artless; unaffected; genuine; childlike
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-awareness; awareness (of one's position, abilities, duty, etc.); perceiving (something); taking in (a sensation); self-consciousness
eccentric; crank; weirdo; oddball
having a headache; racking one's brains; troubling over something
to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...
to go out and away; to leave
little by little; bit by bit
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; (good) idea; 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
(not) readily; (not) easily; (not) right away; (not) simply; (not) without difficulty
to refer to; to consult; to use as a reference