familiar; well-known; regular (e.g. customer); old acquaintance; old friend; (a) regular
fleeting (glimpse, glance, etc.)
to turn over; to turn (pages); to leaf through (a book, etc.); to tear off; to strip off; to take off
immediately; as soon as possible; as quickly as possible
to send (someone) back; to send (someone) home
sense of duty; sense of purpose; vocation
to spur on; to urge forward; to impel; to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)
to show up; to appear; to turn up
to be proud; to be haughty; to be arrogant; to be conceited; to brag; to show off
command; order; request; order (for an item)
briskly; smartly; promptly; clearly; lucidly
to wedge one's way in; to push in (between); to step in (between); to interrupt (a conversation, quarrel, etc.); to intervene
being beyond recovery; having no hope of recovery
to trap (into a difficult situation); to put (in a fix); to capture (a castle, fortress, etc.); to take; to drop (something) into
bad feeling; cares; ill feeling; grudge; sense of discomfort; discontent
to be dispelled (of doubts, ill feeling, etc.); to disappear; to be put behind one; to burst (of a boil, abscess, etc.)
these days; nowadays; today; at this time (of day); at this hour
course correction; trajectory change; orbital adjustment
to bluff; to act brave; to put on a bold front
poisonous; toxic; noxious; malicious; spiteful; hurtful
good (quality, condition, etc.); Good (grade); B
critical; judgmental; censorious; negative
to see (a doctor, etc.); to consult (someone)
three flat objects (sheets of paper, pieces of cloth, etc.); cutting a fish into two boneless fillets and a piece with the skeleton
full portrait; whole aspect; full story
to be in the news; to be talked about; to become a popular topic of conversation; to become the talk of the town; to become topical
to become clear; to be made public
to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)
Tokushima (city, prefecture)
to go through; to pass through; to struggle through; to get through (difficulties, danger, etc.); to escape (through the cordon)
bitter (taste); sour (expression, look); bitter; bitter (e.g. experience); painful
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
gap; opening; spare moment; interval; unguarded moment; carelessness
specialized; specialised; boutique
to shrink; to contract; to diminish (in size)
to conceal; to keep secret; to cover up
soon; before long; in the near future
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged
minute adjustment; fine-tuning