father; dad; husband; you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); he
job transfer; job relocation; intra-company transfer
city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
January; first month of the lunar calendar
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
research; study; investigation
beauty parlour; beauty parlor; beauty salon; hairdressing salon
special training; intensive training; crash course
gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy
(fully) exposed; bare; uncovered; in full view; undisguised; broad (accent)
to deceive (with words); to cajole; to talk into; to explain away (e.g. unpleasant evidence); to argue away; to wheedle
build; physique; frame; constitution
not in one's recollection; having no recollection (of); having no memory (of)
to do up (hair); to dress; to arrange; to tie; to bind; to fasten
to be better than; to be ahead of; to outdo; to surpass; to exceed
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
permeation (of thought, ideology, culture, etc.); infiltration (e.g. of ideas); permeation (of a liquid, etc.); soaking; osmosis
fear; dread; fright; terror; trepidation; panic
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently
to find difficult to guess; to struggle to work out; to be unable to figure out
losing one's nerve; feeling awkward; feeling timid; feeling hesitant; feeling nervous; feeling diffident
looking for something; searching for something; object being sought
to keep an eye on; to keep a watchful eye on
strap (for carrying something); strap (on a dress, bra, etc.)
doll; puppet; marionette; puppet (person under the control of another); straw man; yes-man
being together; going together; matching (clothing); going together
unpleasant; awkward; embarrassing; uneasy
to make sense; to be meaningful
fluttering; flapping; (arch.) flickering (light, flame, etc.); frill; piece of thin material
to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)
search (esp. for someone or something missing); manhunt; legally authorized search of a person, building, etc.
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
close; intimate; on good terms
with a momentary flash of light
retreat; withdrawal; retirement
conspicuously; noticeably; remarkably; strikingly; outstandingly; especially
to stoop; to lean over; to bend forward; to bend down; to crouch; to squat
to attack; to go for; to come at; to pounce on; to jump on; to swoop down on
sopping wet; dripping wet; sodden; drenched; soaked