being startled; getting a shock
contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
mature age; advanced age; maturity; age when one is old enough to know better
military personnel; soldier
fault; error; going poorly; being disadvantageous; un-; non-
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
fingertip; finger; toe tip; toe
softly; gently; stealthily; secretly; to leave alone; to leave as it is
to stroke; to caress; to brush gently; to comb (hair); to smooth down
fingering (of a musical instrument)
how (beautiful, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
to emit a voice; to emit a sound; to be able to speak
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
putting that aside; that said; apart from that; anyway; be that as it may
to raise one's voice; to shout; to yell; to speak up (e.g. in protest); to speak one's mind
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
base of the throat; bottom of the neck
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
to indicate; to show; to point to
to obey (an order, law, etc.); to abide by (a rule, custom, etc.); to follow (a person); to accompany; to go alongside (e.g. a river); to follow (e.g. a sign)
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
forcibly; against one's will
to shift one's attention to; to shift one's focus on
typical; representative; archetypal; quintessential; stereotypical; model
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
skin; body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); surface; grain (e.g. of wood); disposition; temperament
circuit (electric); cycle (e.g. Krebs cycle)
complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently
neck; head; dismissal; discharge
to bend; to crook; to lean; to tilt; to bend (the truth); to distort
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
another world (esp. in fiction); otherworld; parallel universe; different-dimension world; isekai