bumpy (e.g. of a rash); knobbly; pimply; easily cut
vivid; bright; brilliant; skillful; skilful; adroit
skillful handling of a kitchen knife
scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops
surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality
unevenness; roughness; ruggedness; bumpiness
murmur; mutter; murmuring; tweet; Twitter post
to hesitate to; to waver; to be hesitant about
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary
resembling ...; having the traits or characteristics of ...; -looking; with a ...-like expression; with an air of ...
gentle; quiet; mild; quiet (color, pattern, etc.); sober
to talk; to chat; to chatter
to become possible; to become able to (do)
magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly
quietly; softly; seriously; solemnly; sadly
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
flapping; rattling; (running) with a clatter; noisily; (falling) one after another; in quick succession; busily
amusing; funny; interesting
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
outer canthus; outer corner of the eye
to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid
laugh; laughter; smile; sneer; sex aids (e.g. dildos, pornographic books, erotic woodblock prints, etc.)
to draw in; to take in; to retract; to withdraw; to take back (e.g. words)
close; intimate; on good terms
heart; guts; nerve; heart (of something); central part
clothes (esp. Western clothes); clothing; dress; counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, puffs of a cigarette, etc.
remind me; I forget; was it?; was that what happened?
not understanding; not knowing
crackling; cracking; clapping; incessantly (blinking)
absent-mindedly; absently; idly; in a subdued voice; in undertones; in a whisper
to say something is all right; to give the all-clear (e.g. to do something)
deep (hole, forest, snow, etc.); dense (e.g. fog); thick (e.g. weeds, woods); close (e.g. relationship); deep (involvement); intense (e.g. longing, flavor); severe
to give a broad grin; to smirk
in that case; (might not be what was expected or hoped for but) if that's the case
complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style; one Buddhist image
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
because of; owing to; due to
just because; even if; even though