gap; opening; spare moment; interval; unguarded moment; carelessness
fortunately; luckily; thankfully
one room apartment; studio apartment
partition; division; settlement of accounts; preliminary warm-up ritual; toeing the mark; directing
one's appearance; clothing; costume; dress
slow; sluggish; dull; lax (regulation, handling, etc.); slack; sloppy
gait; walk; stride; trace (e.g. of route taken by hunted criminal); track; trail
towel blanket; terry-cloth blanket
red; red color; communist; socialist; left-wing
soggy; soaked; crushed (out of shape); crumpled; messy; untidy
because of; owing to; due to
tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)
small-sized; small-scale; miniature; small; little; tiny
to gouge; to hollow out; to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain; to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light
pathetic; sad; sorrowful; grievous
to connect; to link together; to pull together; to close tightly; to purse (e.g. lips)
being resented (by someone one holds resentment towards); responding to kindness with resentment; thinking ill of someone who meant to be kind; unjustified resentment; unreasonable grudge
legal measure; legal action
zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch
to add (one thing to another); to add (a few more words, an explanation, etc.)
positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency
if it is (the case that ...)
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
proper; appropriate; due; suitable
arrangement; preparations; search (by police)
to launch oneself upon; to make one's debut
immediately; as soon as possible; as quickly as possible
gossip; corner of the mouth
they; those guys; those fellows
company; lot; people; troupe; company (of musicians)
pluralizing suffix; or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; nominalizing suffix