whim; caprice; fancy; capricious; fickle; whimsical
tomfoolery; monkey business
contract negotiation; contract discussion
good feeling; good will; favourable impression; favorable impression
indiscriminately; recklessly
unwillingly; reluctantly; grudgingly; shaking one's head in refusal (like a child)
sour (expression); (lit.) as if having chewed on a bitter bug
to look away; to avert one's eyes; to avoid facing (e.g. reality)
bitter smile; wry smile; forced smile; strained laugh
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
finally; at last; at length; barely; narrowly; hardly
to relax one's mind; to feel relaxed; to become remiss; to cease paying careful attention
indescribable; having no way to express
chalice (for Holy Communion); Holy Chalice; Holy Grail
with a slip; with a slide
alarm bell; fire bell; warning; wake-up call
avalanche; snowslide; avalanche; avalanche jōseki
(punishment by being placed in a) water-filled chamber
deep sea; depths of the sea; ocean depths
immediately; instantly; with nary a pause; without a moment's delay
clean; clear; pure; honest; clean
obscene; indecent; salacious; lascivious; lewd
top of ...; head of ...; the moment that ...
soon; before long; in the near future
to make matters worse; besides; what's more; in addition; on top of that
to paw (at) the ground; to struggle (using one's arms and legs); to flounder; to struggle (to escape an adverse situation); to strive
hand; arm; handwriting; penmanship; paw!; shake!
gift; boon; godsend; (good) result; fruit (e.g. of one's efforts)
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
by ones and twos; tears or flower petals falling quietly; gurgling bird sound; falling apart; crumbling; dish made from fiveleaf aralia sprouts, pickled daikon, walnuts, etc.
persistent; obstinate; tenacious; relentless; insistent; importunate
to chase; to run after; to pursue; subsequently; following that; (and) then
wharf; bridge; jetty; pier
reason; logic; sense; natural way of things
to be flustered; to lose one's presence of mind
pounding (of one's heart); throbbing; thumping; heartily (eating); devouring; munching
Sui dynasty (of China; 581-618)
quiver; quaver; flutter; statistical fluctuation
to say; to spatter; to prate; to prattle; to babble
to mesh (of gears, cogs, etc.); to engage with each other; to bite each other; to be on the same wavelength; to mesh
taking over (e.g. store or family's headship); subrogation; substitution of one person for another (usu. a creditor)