drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
withering; shrivelling; shrinking; contraction; atrophy
objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument
only natural; no wonder; as expected; of course; as it should be
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
stiffening; rigidity; rigor; stiffness; ossification; petrification
to raise oneself up to one's full height; to strike a daunting pose
to breathe heavily (e.g. with much movement of the shoulders)
to blow away; to blow off; to dispel; to drive away; to talk big
close friendship; close friend; good friend; intimate relations; sexual intercourse; sex
playing at (something); game of make-believe; something done together
to leave word with (a person); to state in one's will; to leave (something) unsaid; to forget to mention
quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument
alley; alleyway; path through a gate or garden; teahouse garden
never mind!; don't worry about it
directly opposite; right in front
troublesome; difficult (e.g. customer, guest, child); laborious (e.g. task, dinner)
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
to be flustered; to lose one's presence of mind
the eyes; expression of the eyes; area around the eyes
drop (e.g. of water); drip
main street (as opposed to a side street); high street
to gather; to collect; to assemble
surroundings; environs; circumference
being struck mad by love; foolish passion; blind love; infatuation; jealousy
tangle; entanglement; snarl; complication; difficulties; trouble
curious personality; nosiness; curiosity; rubbernecking
to wait and see; to see how the land lies
to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter
private; personal life; (one's) privacy
to point; to nominate; to select someone; to identify; to indicate; to play (a game of shogi)
beyond that point; after that
before; prior to; ago; the past; before; previously
to wear (multiple layers of clothes); to wear underneath; to dress up (esp. in formal clothes); to attire oneself (in); to break in (through repeated wearing); to wear in
to forget oneself; to lose control of oneself
extramarital sex; affair; fooling around; infidelity; wantonness; unfaithfulness
great mistake; serious error; blunder; complete misunderstanding
no, not like that (but like this)
play; playing; pleasure; amusement; play (in a mechanism, e.g. a steering wheel); slack
two times; twice; two degrees
vacantly; blankly; openmouthed; with one's mouth wide-open; with a whack; with a thump