care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; caretaker; house-sitter
firm promise; definite promise
to a surprising degree; to a remarkable extent; surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
to be surprised; to be amazed; to be frightened; surprise (e.g. surprise party)
astonishing; amazing; surprising; wonderful
to be hot on a person's heels
just a minute; small quantity
beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions
My goodness (expresses surprise, wonder, etc.); very; extremely
first-rate; finest quality; the best
fluttering; flapping; (arch.) flickering (light, flame, etc.); frill; piece of thin material
emptiness; hollowness; vacancy; inanity; pointlessness; meaninglessness
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)
to be cold (to); to ignore (someone)
disappointed love; broken heart; unrequited love; being lovelorn
self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself
possibly; by some possibility; perhaps
effeminate; unmanly; cowardly; sissy
corner; edge; (street) corner; turning; rough edges (of one's character, words, etc.); abrasiveness
to bend; to curve; to turn; to be awry; to be askew
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
Excellent (grade); A; superiority; excellence; gentle; graceful
consideration (for); thoughtfulness; solicitude; care; watchfulness; concern
pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in
to smile cheerfully; to crack a smile
to send out; to forward; to show (a person) out
refined; graceful; modest; cultivated; elegant; reserved
impediment; burden; encumbrance; hindrance; drag
to be dispersed; to get separated
to muffle one's voice; to speak (or sob, etc.) quietly
boorish; unsophisticated; unrefined; uncouth; tasteless; insensitive
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
to happen suddenly; to take place unexpectedly
roar of laughter (from multiple people); burst of laughter; uproarious laughter; laughing hard (by a single person)
to prick up one's ears and listen; to listen attentively
to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to learn of (by chance)
(sound of) laughter; laughing voice
to crush to death; to stifle to death; to squeeze to death; to stifle (a laugh, etc.); to muffle (one's breathing); to subdue (one's voice)
field of activities; area of activity; range of behavior (behaviour); habitat
burly; strong; indomitable; indefatigable; robust (vitality, appetite, economic growth, etc.); strong
to have a certain mood or feeling; to have a hunch