looking on; standing by and watching; sitting back and watching; remaining a spectator
chic; smart; understanding; considerate; familiar with worldly pleasures (esp. sexual relations, geisha districts and red-light districts)
ugly; unsightly; hideous; mean; repulsive; disgraceful
greed; avarice; covetousness; greedy person
cool; stylish; awesome; sick; sweet; dope
arms; weapons (of war); armor; armour
co-sleeping; sleeping together
gem; jewel; precious stone
glittering; sparkling; glistening; twinkling
in one's hands; in one's control
a little bit; a little while
to draw (something) toward one; to pull toward one; to pull closer; to attract; to draw; to entice
equipping; installing; fitting; mounting; putting on
attraction (e.g. magnetic, gravitation); affinity; gravitational pull; attractiveness; magnetism
engineer; technical expert; technician; craftsperson
head; brains; intelligence
to grow up; to become an adult
ehehe (embarrassed laugh); ahaha
letter (of an alphabet); character; writing
pitch-black; jet-black; strongly tanned; deeply sunburnt; sooty; black with dirt
fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
to turn over; to turn (pages); to leaf through (a book, etc.); to tear off; to strip off; to take off
in any case; regardless; either way; since it makes no difference anyway (you might as well ...); since it won't change the outcome; if you are doing it regardless
leaving everything up to someone else
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
to spell; to write; to compose; to bind (e.g. documents); to patch
blank space; margin; blank canvas
choices; alternatives; options
infinity; infinitude; eternity; infinite; limitless
developing new ideas based on study of the past; learning from the past
to follow (someone's) example; to imitate; to copy; to learn (by observation)
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
please; if you would; somehow or other; one way or another; whether (or not); if
in drops; dripping; gently (sloping); sluggishly; endlessly; leisurely
extreme sadist; very sadistic
sight; attraction; spectacle; something worth seeing
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
great; grand; magnificent; outstanding; mighty
to sink deeply into one's mind; to come home to; to go to one's heart; to pierce one's body (e.g. of wind, cold, etc.)