appeal (e.g. to public opinion); plea; appeal (e.g. sex appeal); attractiveness; appeal (e.g. in baseball); emphasizing (strong points, etc.)
simply; merely; only; solely
bashfully; hesitantly; fidgety; restlessly; squirming; wriggling
to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
suspicious behavior; acting suspiciously
(looking around) restlessly; (looking) all around; goggling
opening and shutting; opening and closing
at a loss for words; stumped for words
lifeboat; friend in need; helping hand; timely help
to break the silence; to break one's silence
email; mail (usu. in compound words); post; message (sent over a chat application); instant message; male
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
meeting up; gathering; assembly; set
mirror; looking-glass; barrel head; page added at the beginning of a document mentioning its purpose, date, author, etc.; mirror-shaped mochi
not a chance; not likely; oh no; yuck; fault; defect
so-so; passable; now, now; my, my
to erase; to drown out (e.g. a voice); to make disappear
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
several minutes; a few minutes
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
to shift; to slide (e.g. something away from something else); to move (e.g. something out of the way); to put off; to delay; to postpone
vacantly; blankly; openmouthed; with one's mouth wide-open; with a whack; with a thump
partly open; in half bloom
halving; dividing (into two parts); bisection; the two equinoxes (vernal and autumnal)
lateness; tardiness; arriving late
in order; in turn; one by one
the vertical; height; front-to-back; length; north-to-south; vertical (relationship)
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
eight (long cylindrical things)
to adhere to; to stick to; to keep close to; to go along with; to get involved with; to be thick with
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
speaking of; (I told you) already; come on
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger