before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to
isolated; standing alone; falling in drops (e.g. rain); saying a single word; muttering just a few words
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
bashfully; hesitantly; fidgety; restlessly; squirming; wriggling
to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby
relatives; one's family; friends; members of the same organization; followers; henchmen
to be needed; to be wanted
service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services
to become angry or sullen; to take offense; to be miffed; to come unstuck from; to peel off; to come off
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
expressing emotion; drawing facial expressions
happiness; blessedness; luck; luckily; fortunately
white; unseasoned; undyed; very much; precisely; playing dumb
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
to pretend to be tough; to put on a brave front; to whistle in the dark; to bluff
incomparable; cannot compare (with); beyond comparison; in another league
treatment (of a person); dealing with
feeling keenly; fully realizing
holiday; day off; sleep; rest; Good night
to stand in a row (e.g. shops on a street); to line in a row; to line; to be equal to; to be on a par with
hard to understand; incomprehensible; unintelligible
along the road; along the way
here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
sleeping together in a huddle
female molester; stupid woman
person who just tags along; hanger-on; person who follows someone around like a shadow; clingy person; mindless follower; (lit.) goldfish feces
to give candid advice; to give harsh but honest advice; to admonish
peep; peeping; peep show; device with lens mounted on a stand or in a box to view enlarged pictures
sure to ...; certain to ...; bound to ...; it's natural that ...
the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability
(person with) no sense of direction; poor sense of locality
to stick (to); to cling (to); to stay (e.g. in the office)
irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; reasonable; moderate
stern expression; severe expression; grim expression
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)
to follow; to come along with one; to accompany