abrupt; sudden; unexpected
striding; swaggering; strutting; lording it over others; acting as though one owns the place; throwing one's weight around
for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now
pressing; urging; demanding; demand
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
pink (colour, color); (lit.) colour of peach (flowers)
to be shy; to be bashful; to look shy
with a twitch (e.g. an eyebrow); with a dip; with a bob; with a flutter
increase (in an amount of money)
proposal; offer; report; proposition; notice; request
deposit; payment; money received; money due
cost of fuel and lighting; cost of heat and electricity; energy bill; utility cost
in proportion to; just as much as
network; Internet; net (hair, netball, etc.); net (price, weight, etc.); nett
to make a payment via bank deposit transfer; to discard another player's winning tile
pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
sound sleep; good sleep; quiet sleep
house; home; one's house; one's home; one's husband
to deliver; to forward; to send; to report; to notify; to file notice (to the authorities)
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them
modus operandi; criminal technique; trick
to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby
(eating up) quickly; in no time; quickly (sticking out one's tongue); licking; licking up; (peeling off) in one go
just because; even if; even though
out of the question; outrageous; impossible; irrelevant; not pertinent
to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat
to stick to; to cling to; to adhere to; to become intimate (of a man and woman); to get close; to get married
adultery; immorality; impropriety; (an) affair
to cling to; to depend on; to embrace; to hug
wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment
if you do this; if this is the case
still better; even better
to join (hands); to take (each other's hands); to scramble for; to struggle for; to pay attention to; to take notice of
daytime television serial; soap opera
day in question; appointed day; that very day; the day (of issue, publication, etc.)
unheard-of; unprecedented
to go past (a place or thing); to go beyond
drawstring purse; money pouch; pouch of fried tofu stuffed with var. ingredients, used in oden; (arch.) unlicensed prostitute (Edo period)
to correct; to touch up; to smarten up; to put one's hand in (e.g. pocket)
one more; another; the other; not quite; not very good