to be silent; to say nothing
never mind!; don't worry about it
no!; no no!; no, not at all
attitude; manner; behaviour; attitude (towards an issue, etc.); position; stance
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
to read the situation; to sense the mood
to be vague; to speak ambiguously; to be evasive; to not commit oneself
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
calm; composed; cool; quiet
drop (e.g. of water); drip
accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons
to cry; to weep; to sob; to howl
childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate
at that time; in those days
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
second-year student; biennial
interaction with one's neighbors; relationship with one's neighbors (neighbours)
influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on
cheerful; jovial; weather; season; spirit of yang
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
taking one's children along (to an event, into a new marriage, etc.); parent with child
first meeting; first interview with
shyness; fear of strangers; stranger anxiety
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
hungrily; greedily; voraciously; ravenously
awareness that somebody will be hard to deal with; awareness that one is not good at something; (feeling) not up to doing something
meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence
deeply impressive; memorable; striking
twelve; 12; queen (playing card)
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
to be evident; to be obvious; to understand completely