in history; ever; historical
thankfully; fortunately; luckily; mercifully
I don't like it; it's troublesome; it's too much; it's awful
protuberance; bulge; protrusion; rise; uplift; upheaval
idle talk; chit-chat; gossip
without; but if; otherwise; or else
one by one; one at a time; in turn
price; cost; value; worth; value
putting on a brave face; put-on cheeriness; pretending one is fine; show of courage; bravado; Dutch courage
Alice band; (horseshoe-shaped) headband (worn over the forehead); hairband
gyaru; (young) woman adhering to a fashion style usually characterized by dyed hair and gaudy clothing; gal; girl; young woman
entirely useless; completely worthless; no no; don't!
fantasy; illusion; vision; dream
to smash; to break (into pieces); to shatter; to simplify; to make easy to understand
Nun (Egyptian goddess); Nu
downer (dispiriting person or thing); killjoy; gloomy feeling; downer (drug; esp. a barbiturate); depressant
to be perturbed; to be agitated
exactly the opposite (of); completely opposite; quite contrary
braid (hair, cord. etc.); plait
to be unusual (of a person or thing); to be uncommon; to be peculiar; to be eccentric; to be different
mortal enemy; object of fierce hatred or intense aversion; (lit.) one's parent's killer
wolf (Canis lupus); wolf in sheep's clothing; womanizer
concise; brief; succinct; compact (style)
warming (limbering) up; warming-up exercises
of late; lately; this part; this point; here
delineation; demarcation; drawing a line (e.g. between what's acceptable and unacceptable); (measuring) ruler
abruptly; suddenly; unexpectedly
bad (feeling, impression, attitude); creepy; disgusting
riding; ride; spread (of paints); -seater (e.g. two-seater); (getting into the) mood; (entering into the) spirit
snatching; stealing; seizure; usurpation
indiscriminately; blindly; at random; indiscriminate; random; excessive
staffroom; teachers' lounge; faculty lounge
(slowly and) carefully; without haste; thoroughly; deliberately; closely; meticulously
(piece of) rope; ordinary method