time; (the) hour; favourable time; opportunity; chance
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
length of a sleeve (of Western clothing); height of a sleeve (of traditional Japanese clothing)
decoration; ornament; trimmings
rough (estimate, outline, etc.); broad; general; generous; openhanded
neck; head; dismissal; discharge
dainty; delicate; slender; fragile (e.g. furniture); delicate; frail
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
to hug someone close; to hold someone tight; to embrace closely
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
figure; design; twill weave; pattern of diagonal stripes; style (of writing); figure (of speech); design
small peninsula; cape; promontory; headland
aid; help; assistance; assistant; counselor; counsellor
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
bolt from the blue; great surprise
to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants
to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with
knowledge; awareness; consent; acceptance; forgiving; pardoning
sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)
dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
to interrupt (a story, etc.); to bend at the waist
to examine someone's expression
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently
gesture; movement; action; acting; performance
lining; backing; backing up (e.g. a theory); support; bolstering
strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
behaving in a way characteristic of teenagers going through puberty, esp. by being overly self-conscious; (lit.) 2nd year of junior high sickness
at once; right away; promptly; on the spur of the moment
appropriate; adequate; suitable; fitting; worthy
speciality; specialty; subject of study; expert; area of expertise
to fabricate; to invent; to make up (a story); to cobble up; to put together in a hurry
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful