heh heh heh; tee-hee; giggle
preliminary arrangements; spade work
sidelong glance; flirtatious glance
evening deepens into night; the night wears on; night advances
to smack one's lips (over a dish); to eat with relish
to get up (e.g. from bed); to make one's way in the world; to achieve in life
fortuitous; luck; windfall; godsend; good fortune
to strip and leave clothes lying around
washing; laundry; relaxing; taking a break
basket (shopping, etc.); hamper; cage
guest spending the night (i.e. at a hotel)
kindness; intimacy; friendship
malicious; vicious; malignant; shoddy; inferior; poor-quality
quotient; dealing; dealer; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (China, approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty
to say; to be called; to do
to outwit; to outmanoeuvre; to steal a march on; to get the jump on; to anticipate; to forestall
ability to take action; ability to take initiatives; energy; dynamism; drive
to like; to prefer; to be pleased by
interest; eagerness; enthusiasm
in a little bit; after a short while
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
difficult to ...; hard to ...
to use (in cooking); to mix (in)
after all is said and done; no matter what people say; in the end; definitely; undeniably
therefore; and so; for that reason; accordingly; consequently; hence
to resort to violence; to use force; to be able to get; to be able to afford; to jab; to swing at a bad ball (baseball)
lukewarm; tepid; half-hearted; vague; lenient; mild
thank you (for the meal); that was a delicious meal
pillow word; decorative word used prefixally in classical Japanese literature; preface; introduction
valid; proper; right; appropriate; reasonable
to devour greedily; to wolf down; to gobble up
collecting; accumulating; collection (of art, stamps, insects, etc.); garbage collection; waste collection
the harmonizing, mentally and physically, of two parties engaged in an activity; singing from the same hymn-sheet; dancing to the same beat
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)