physical contact (between friends, mother and child, etc.); physical intimacy
subject; theme; homework; assignment; problem (that needs solving); task
panty-less; wearing no underwear
batsu game; punishment given to the loser of a game or contest
spraying blood from the nose (esp. as a trope in response to something erotic); violent nosebleed; intense excitement; being extremely turned on
torrentially; swiftly flowing (water, esp. river); (speak) eloquently; fluently; flood of the times (moving strongly in one direction); current of the times
to creep in; to steal in; to sneak in
the whole sky; the firmament; the heavens; the empyrean
to insert (usu. as part of sexual intercourse)
extreme masochist; very masochistic
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
unity; coherence; consistency; settlement; conclusion; closure
right to know; right to access information
mock exam; practice exam; practice test
secondary; of secondary importance
lowest ever; record-low; lowest on record
flat; level; flat (e.g. in 10 seconds flat); exactly; flat; flat
smoothly; swimmingly; forthrightly; without hesitation
clear; clear-cut; lucid; unequivocal; explicit
woman in STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics); female scientist
difficult to imagine; quite unlikely to; very doubtful; would not expect
to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one
to succeed (in doing); to manage to do; to accomplish; to carry off; to pull off
ability to take action; ability to take initiatives; energy; dynamism; drive
to pierce through; to break through
biological younger sister
hornworm (caterpillar of a hawk moth); (hairless) caterpillar
sudden emergence; sudden formation; coming out of nowhere; bursting onto the scene
such a thing; something like that
reading but not responding to a text message (in a chat application); leaving (someone) on read
taking something into consideration; making allowances; discounting
(rubbing) salt in the wound
could result in (something undesirable); might end up (doing, happening); run the risk of
already; now; no longer; not any more
to be needed; to be necessary; to be required; to be wanted; to need; to want
outbreak of an illness; onset of a condition; appearance of symptoms
emotional scars; mental trauma