desperate; frantic; excited; worked up; heated; eager
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); feline; shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom (submissive partner of a homosexual relationship)
impression; strong belief (of the judge); conviction
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
good-natured person; good person; (one's) lover; boyfriend; girlfriend
dumbfounded; speechless; flabbergasted; openmouthed (with surprise)
socializing; getting on with people; personal relations
outer surface; outside; outward appearance; manner (with others); demeanour
proverb; saying; aphorism; maxim
kindness (shown by others); courtesy; favor; favour; good offices
cannot help feeling that; cannot help thinking that
to be kind to; to treat kindly
nonexistent; unreal; imaginary; spurious
to steel oneself to; to brace oneself
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
with a whack; smack; slap
to joke around; to do and say ridiculous things
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
by all rights; legally speaking; properly speaking
(someone else's) parents; both parents
living room (Western style); sitting room
about to start out; just about to leave or go out; outing; trip
unintentionally; inadvertently; calmly; casually; nonchalantly; innocently
to hit a nerve; to go for the throat; to touch a sore spot
stopgap; makeshift; temporary measure
day by day; with each passing day; as the days go by
sense of duty; sense of purpose; vocation
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
supply; provision; service; supply
to find the resolve (to do); to make up one's mind (with); to act on a thought
to delay; to put off; to procrastinate
warmly; cordially; with tender care
to head towards; to direct one's steps to
to conform to; to agree with; to be adapted to; to be based on
to embezzle; to misappropriate; to peculate; to accustom oneself to using; to use for a long time
alley; alleyway; path through a gate or garden; teahouse garden