Sapporo (city in Hokkaido)
assistance; backing; reinforcements
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it
adjustment; regulation; coordination; reconciliation; tuning; fixing
(not) at all; (not) a bit; (not) in the least; (not) in the slightest
to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby
to be away from home; to be out of the house
ease; relaxation; comfort; unwinding
cake served with tea; teacake
refined; graceful; modest; cultivated; elegant; reserved
what (e.g. "what rudeness"); what (something) is like
worry; care; anxiety; mental exhaustion
malicious; vicious; malignant; shoddy; inferior; poor-quality
clear solution; clean decision
women and children; woman; grown woman; wife
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
false accusation; pretext; picking a quarrel; committing oneself
to be kind to; to treat kindly
to be duplicated; to be repeated; to overlap; to fall together (of dates, etc.); to repeat (a failed course, school year, etc.); to make a double play
take the opportunity to (do something else)
taking something into consideration; making allowances; discounting
to some degree; up to a point; to some extent
secret manoeuvres (maneuvers); operating behind the scenes
early on; earlier on; from early
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
to be hot on a person's heels
pointed knife; logging; cutting; (beef) scraps; starting to speak; extraction (of a portion of a media file)
fascination; to charm; to fascinate; to mesmerize
suddenly in a bad mood; in a huff; abruptly; suddenly; unexpectedly
pronoun; synonym; classic example; pattern
to deceive (with words); to cajole; to talk into; to explain away (e.g. unpleasant evidence); to argue away; to wheedle
to anticipate; to foresee
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
disadvantage; handicap; drawback; inadvisability; inexpediency; loss