telephone call; telephone (device)
to raise; to elevate; to move something (to a higher place); to put onto (e.g. a shelf); to increase (price, quality, status, etc.); to raise (a wage); to show someone (into a room)
to prepare oneself (for the worst); to resolve oneself
timidly; nervously; with nervous diffidence; trembling with fear
to be given the cold shoulder; to be jilted; to be rejected; to be dumped
naked; nude; unvarnished (e.g. truth); plain (e.g. fact); frank
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
forgetting; lapse of memory
(another's) child; child; kid
(to be ashamed enough) to wish you could just disappear; wanting to sink into the ground in shame
as you (they, etc.) say; as you suggest; I absolutely agree
to misjudge; to mistake; to misjudge (someone); to overestimate; to miss seeing; to overlook
to be fed up (with); to be tired (of); to be stumped; to be nonplussed; to wince; to shrink back
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
matter; thing; affair; circumstance
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
cotton plant (Gossypium spp.); batting; wadding; padding
flaring up; burning hotly; flying into a rage; losing one's cool; opening suddenly and widely (e.g. eyes, mouth); (arch.) acting resolutely
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
to intervene; to stop (something)
on the contrary; rather; instead; all the more
to be offended; to get angry; to be stuffy; to be stifling; firmly (shutting one's mouth)
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say everything; to tell all
raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); raw; live (i.e. not recorded)
to erase; to rub out; to turn off (a light, TV, heater, etc.); to switch off; to extinguish (a fire, candle, etc.); to put out; to remove (a smell, pain, etc.)
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence; pretense; (a customer) coming to restaurant, ryokan, etc. without a reservation or introduction
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
gloomy; melancholy; pessimistic; luxuriant (of vegetation)
harvest; crop; fruits (of one's labors); gain; catch (fishing); bag (hunting)
to bring to a finish; to bind firmly; to superintend
to succeed; to bear fruit
with a whiff; with a puff; suddenly; abruptly; without warning
spineless; backboneless; timid; cowardly; weak-kneed
(flower) bud; promising young person; budding beauty
to begin to open; to come out; to smile broadly; to come apart at the seams (clothes)
to bloom; to flower; to blossom; (arch.) to rise up (of breaking waves)
to summon courage; to be brave
to be effective; to be fruitful; to be worthwhile; to be worth; to be rewarded; to pay off
to be solved; to be worked out; to come loose; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. of a ban)
collection (of art, stamps, etc.); collecting; collection (i.e. a range of new clothes); fashion show
magnificent spectacle; thrilling sight; grand view
(several) tens; dozens; scores (of)