to approach; to draw near
movements; manner; behaviour; farewell dinner (given by someone about to leave on a trip)
uncharacteristic; unbefitting; unworthy (of)
disquieting; threatening; turbulent; restless; unsettled; disturbing
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
to twist; to wrench; to puzzle over; to defeat easily
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
scissors; shears; clippers; hole punch
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
to have heard somewhere; to sound familiar
collection; recovery; withdrawal; retrieval
to begin to run; to start running; to break into a run
to perceive; to sense; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
side; edge; beside; while (doing); in addition to; at the same time
to kneel down on one knee; to genuflect
to shift; to slide (e.g. something away from something else); to move (e.g. something out of the way); to put off; to delay; to postpone
to stick up (hair, etc.); to stand up straight; to stand up abruptly; to jump to one's feet; to stand in one place, doing nothing in particular; to stand around
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
age-appropriate (esp. of clothing, hairstyles)
evasion; excuse; subterfuge; runaround
shrill voice; piercing cry; shriek; scream
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
drawing; painting; picture
to seize; to capture; to arrest; to hold down; to subdue
to put to use; to make good use of; to exploit
balance of power (in a relationship); power dynamic
that is to say; so that means
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
bare (naked) body; complexion (e.g. face)
even if not; even without
defective article; damaged goods; deflowered girl; unvirtuous girl
to deal with (a person); to treat; to deal with (a problem); to handle; to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to deal in
look (esp. an angry or upset look); expression
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside
to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
if one is unlucky; if one is careless
adaptation; accommodation; conformity
to give directions; to issue instructions
to act violently; to rage; to struggle; to be riotous