as it is; plain (truth); bare; undisguised; unvarnished; unexaggerated
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
to squat; to crouch down (completely, generally with face looking through knees)
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
speech balloon (in a comic strip); speech bubble; blowoff; effusion; blowing (of a seasonal or climatic wind)
outward appearance; looks
senior (at school, work, etc.); superior; elder; older person; predecessor
dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze
(surprise) attack; assault; raid; charge
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
artificial intelligence; AI
it says ...; it reads ...; ... is written
not funny; not a laughing matter; not a joke
to speed; to tear away; to skip over (e.g. pages)
to bring to a finish; to bind firmly; to superintend
in short; the point is; the important thing is; in a word; basically
to have a talk; to tell a story
to jump over; to leap over; to fly over; to fly across; to jump ahead (of someone); to skip over
reaching a stopping place; settling down (before the next stage); getting to a point where one can rest; one paragraph
that much; as much; to that extent; only that; that alone; no more than that
father; father (e.g. of a discipline); pioneer (e.g. of field of research); God; Father
eccentric; crank; weirdo; oddball
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
with a click; with a snap; ornamental clip (hair, obi, etc.)
to snap one's fingers; to pop one's fingers; to crack one's knuckles
court lady; lady-in-waiting
shrill voice (esp. of women and children)
to take a bath; to have a bath; to take a shower
to polish up; to shine up
polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough
brushing; blushing (blotchiness or milkiness in paint applied to a surface)
soft (and fluffy) (e.g. bed, bread, baked potato); (arch.) absent-mindedly
in a crowd; ganging up (on); joining forces
to some extent; to a certain extent
young and sweet; adorable; cute; pitiful; touching; pathetic
(young and) innocent; naive; pure; fresh; artless; unsophisticated
excited condition; excited state
ghost; revenant; spirit (of the dead); departed soul
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)