grabbing hold; eagle grip; tight hold
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
charm; fascination; glamour; glamor; attraction; appeal
love at first sight; being taken with someone at the first meeting
tension; mental strain; nervousness
paying back in installments (instalments); amortization plan (amortisation); gradual demolition; gradual erosion; gradual dismantlement
(sound of) laughter; laughing voice
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am
living room (Western style); sitting room
to raise one's voice; to shout
what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?
device; equipment; machinery; apparatus
to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
to be attentive to small details; to be attentive to others (or others' concerns); to have one's mind turn groundlessly to something negative
back off!; leave me alone!
yes; sure; gotcha; sycophantically; servilely; fawningly
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
Zhou dynasty (China, approx. 1046-256 BCE); Chou dynasty; perimeter; counter for laps or circuits
row; line; company (of someone); group; sequence; counter for rows
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
screening (a movie); showing; to screen a movie
official in charge; person in charge
hey there; I say; see here
to be at wits' end; to be greatly perplexed; to be troubled
not worth considering; out of the question
kanji "strike" radical at right (radical 66)
to be crushed; to be smashed; to become useless; to cease functioning; to go bankrupt; to go out of business
to prepare oneself (for the worst); to resolve oneself
to overflow; to brim over; to flood
to charge; to lunge; to flare up (at someone); to turn on (someone); to collide with; to bump into
dealing with (people, customers, complaints, etc.); receiving (callers, visitors, etc.); attending to; handling; serving
to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in
to buy up; to lay in a stock; to stock up; to buy a lot
to push aside; to push one's way through
queue jumping; breaking into a line; muscling in on; interrupt
protracted war; war of attrition
bento; Japanese box lunch