recognition; awareness; perception; understanding; knowledge; cognition
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to be out of alignment; to get dislodged; to deviate
inconsistency; discord; conflict; discrepancy; contradiction; failure
lifeline; matter of life or death; indispensable thing; life line (in palm reading)
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
to begin to open; to come out; to smile broadly; to come apart at the seams (clothes)
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
as ... as one can; as ... as possible; as much as possible
indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited; listless
to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize
to regret bitterly; to be very sorry (for); (lit.) to bite one's navel
special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
of course; certainly; naturally
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
this and that; one thing and another
start of a romance; beginning of love
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
even; even if; even though; because of; on the grounds that
the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
to be unreasonable; to whine; to throw a tantrum
(kicking and) struggling; wriggling; floundering; to get into a panic; to make a fuss; to make a scene
apprehensions; misgivings; uneasiness; anxiety; fear
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
of all (things, people, places, days, etc.)
is something wrong?; what's wrong?; what's the matter?; slightest; mere; trivial
addressing (someone) without using a suffix such as "-san" or "-chan" (considered impolite)
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
each time; always; often; thank you for your continued patronage
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
to crouch; to squat; to cower
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
crackling; cracking; clapping; incessantly (blinking)
blink (of eyes); wink; twinkling (of stars); flicker (of light); blink (of light)
to stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
to succeed (in doing); to pull something off; to manage (to do a job)
to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling