to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention
right-angled parallelepiped; cuboid; rectangular solid; rectangular prism
you could say; you might say; verging on the
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to be out of alignment; to get dislodged; to deviate
dimension; perspective; point of reference; level (of something)
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully
to curl oneself up; to squeeze oneself in; to be huddled
to hang over; to cover; to fall upon someone (responsibility, burden, pressure, etc.)
clue; lead; key; handhold; hold
to re-examine; to review; to recheck
matter; thing; affair; circumstance
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
even though; despite; when
to crawl out; to creep out; to begin to crawl
funny; amusing; strange; odd; wrong; unsuitable
pretending not to see (something); turning a blind eye (to); closing one's eyes (to); looking the other way
to grow cold; to get chilly; to cool down
somewhat cold; a bit chilly
off the mark; off base; misdirected; irrelevant
wrong (guess or estimate); misdirected; irrelevant; off the point
(archeological) remains; ruins; relics
in that case; (might not be what was expected or hoped for but) if that's the case
being too late; losing one's final chance
favorite (to win); favourite; one's heart's desire; first choice; chocolate given to a man on Valentine's day out of genuine sentiment
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
way (of doing); manner; method; means
weak point; unskillfulness
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); just like (someone)
to be vague; to speak ambiguously; to be evasive; to not commit oneself
self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself
beyond; across; the other side; the distance
unwanted child; shunned child
superstition; superstitious belief
exaggerated; overdone; overblown; hyperbolic; bombastic; grandiose
father; father (e.g. of a discipline); pioneer (e.g. of field of research); God; Father
to give up on; to turn one's back on; to abandon; to forsake; to desert; to leave
sometimes; occasionally; now and then; from time to time
to guess; to conjecture; to surmise
relatives; one's family; friends; members of the same organization; followers; henchmen
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
to accept; to receive; to agree