companion; company; tritagonist; second supporting character
to delay; to postpone; to put off; to slow down; to hold up; to retard
omen; portent; sign; presage; harbinger; premonition
that's got nothing to do with me; that's none of my business; that doesn't involve me
joining the dark side; joining the forces of evil
to wedge one's way in; to push in (between); to step in (between); to interrupt (a conversation, quarrel, etc.); to intervene
perfectly in sync; in step (dancing); on the same wavelength
alert status; emergency alert
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
appearance (in a film, play, TV show, etc.); performance
suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy
rude; outspoken; presumptuous; cheeky
old wound; scar; unpleasant past experience; painful memory; past misdeed
joining (a group); becoming a member (of); joining the ranks (of)
to get angry; to get mad; to lose one's temper; to go straight to one's head (of alcohol); to feel the effects (of an illness); to lose one's wits
to melt (steel, etc.); to liquefy; to soften; to melt (one's heart); to disarm
honorable death; death without surrender; honorable defeat; trying but being utterly beaten; being completely rejected when professing one's love
main text; original text; this book; this volume
questionnaire; survey; poll
mail service; postal service; mail; mail; postal matter; postal items
Tokyo Metropolis (prefecture); Tokyo metropolitan area
charge; duty; person in charge; connection; linking
improvement (to a piece of writing or painting); revision; correction; touching up
ebook; e-book; electronic book; digital book
start of a romance; beginning of love
accomplice; co-conspirator
to be ecstatically happy; to be on cloud nine; to be in seventh heaven
feeling of happiness; sense of well-being; euphoria
restless; fidgety; in a hurry
thud thud (esp. footsteps); clump clump
(for the) first time in one's life
to get along; to add (one's own concordant voice, etc.)
company; friendship; association; (romantic) involvement; dating
flooding a company, organization etc. with phone complaints (usu. loosely organized on anonymous online message boards)
identifiable; personalized
to be enlivened; to be exhilarated; to be excited; to stand out; to contrast
electronic device; electronic equipment; electronics
to have a narrow escape from death
Saitama Prefecture (Kanto area)
remote region; outlying district; border district; frontier