curt response; indifferent response; chilly reception; (giving someone the) cold shoulder; unenthusiastic interaction (e.g. from a company to a customer, or a celebrity to a fan)
to bite at; to snap at; to nibble; to get one's teeth into (metaphorically); to get to grips with; to really get into
audience (with someone of high standing)
style of polite speech in Japanese (with sentences ending in "desu" and verbs ending in "masu")
growth (to maturity); being brought up; growing up; raising
buying and eating sweets (esp. of children); between-meal snacking
great difference; big difference; wide margin
straight face; composed expression; nonchalant look
to be sore; to be inflamed; to be bleary; to be dissipated; to be dissolute; to indulge in
unfaithfulness; infidelity; unchastity
sound of something small rolling once (often into a hole); easily; suddenly; completely (e.g. forgetting); utterly; disappointing; curling up into the fetal position
inquisitively; pryingly; nosily; thoroughly; persistently; through-and-through
to rake over the coals; to scold; to chastise; to burn moxa on the skin
later; afterwards; future; after one's death; (arch.) descendant
climax; peak; critical moment; most important stage; turning point
adultery; impropriety; (an) affair; immorality
timing-wise; timewise; seasonal; depending on the time
childbirth; (giving) birth; delivery; production (of goods)
common saying; everyday talk; common parlance; vulgar; lowbrow; indecent
fearfully; nervously; timidly; gingerly
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
originator; pioneer; inventor; progenitor; primogenitor; founder of a family line
heart attack; to have a heart attack
boarder; boarding student
remote (work, device, etc.)
turret; watchtower; high wooden stage; scaffolding; wooden frame (of a kotatsu); yagura
snap (of the wrist; in baseball, golf, etc.); snapshot; snap fastener; press stud; snap (movement, action)
unlined kimono; one kimono; a single kimono
wide turn; detour; the long way around
to undergo surgery; to have an operation
to cut one's hand; to cut one's connections (with); to break off relations (with); to cut ties (with)
eyes mismatched in colour (color)
good-value; economical; advantageous (price, deal, etc.); useful; helpful
ghost story; tale of the supernatural
other self; alter ego; to be split off (of a part of oneself); to clone oneself; incarnations of Buddha
thin or light silk; sheer silk; veil (mystery)