button (clothing); push-button
nape of the neck; back of the neck; scruff of the neck
cleavage (between breasts)
close call; narrow margin; the eleventh hour
hygienic; healthy; healthful; sanitary
full view; plain sight; completely visible
to be prominent; to be conspicuous
long, slender and well-proportioned; smooth, continuous (movement)
scene; view; prospect; outlook
hail (esp. hailballs under 5 mm); graupel; dicing; small cubes; roasted mochi pieces (usu. flavoured with soy sauce, etc.)
before one knows it; before one realises; without one's knowledge; without noticing
to take responsibility (for a fallout); to accept the blame; to take the blame
megalomania; delusions of grandeur
scale; bathroom scale; weighing machine
to put on weight; to gain weight; to grow fat; to get stout
meaningfully (smiling, grinning, etc.); suggestively; broadly; sneeringly
precocious; precocious child
grown-up (manner, etc.); mature; adult
thump-thump; bang-bang; pit-a-pat; to beat fast (of one's heart); to throb; to pound
to examine someone's expression
flurried; flustered; upset; nervous; embarrassed
(young) seductress; temptress; little devil; imp
suspicious; dubious; unreliable; indecent; unseemly
unpleasant; disagreeable; nasty; lewd; lascivious; obscene
secrecy; confidentiality; privacy; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal)
softly; gently; stealthily; secretly; to leave alone; to leave as it is
not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it
devil; demon; Satan; the Devil; Māra; evil spirits or forces that hinder one's path to enlightenment
to have (someone) by the short hairs; to have something on (someone)
not having enough workers; being understaffed; being undermanned; having nothing one can do about something; having no options
what would (you) do?; what to do about it
to grant someone's request
end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
three times; thrice; third (musical interval); many times; over and over again
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
to prepare oneself for the worst; to strengthen one's resolve; to accept one's fate; to prepare oneself
to (make something) quiver; to shake; to tremble; to vibrate
withdrawal; retraction; revocation; repeal
passion; enthusiasm; zeal
to soothe and humor (humour); to coax