helm; (ship's) steering wheel
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
trip abroad; overseas travel
postponement; deferment; adjournment
to let your hair down; to have fun after a period of work or stress
common octopus (Octopus vulgaris)
(not) anyone; (not) a single person; no one; nobody
paper patch attached to something; paper backing; sticker; notice; poster
marks or dots written alongside a word to indicate stress or draw the reader's attention; emphasis mark; guiding marks written beside kanji to facilitate reading of kanbun
to have a reason; to have an excuse
presence of other people; (in) public; (in) front of others
moderate (degree); proper (amount); temperate; suitable
degassing; gas drainage; gas venting; letting off steam; giving vent to one's frustrations; cooling off
to have one's knees be about to give way
to collapse; to give up; to lose one's nerve; to have one's knees give way
to make time; to carve out some time (to do something)
consideration; concern; fear; worry; solicitude
bashfully; hesitantly; fidgety; restlessly; squirming; wriggling
thickly; viscously; stickily; sleepily; drowsily; dozing off
steepness; steep place; harsh (look); sharp (tongue)
to dump (e.g. onto the floor); to empty by overturning; to throw out (the contents); to tell everything; to open one's heart; to reveal (a secret, the truth, etc.)
masochistic; self-tormenting; self-deprecating
to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated
blunder; bungle; clumsiness
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
stickily; gooily; syrupily
completely; thoroughly; exactly; precisely; comfortably; not at all
to pull (the puppet) strings; to direct things from behind the scenes; to stretch out (and keep going); to linger on
to be lifted; to be raised; to happen suddenly; to occur; to be homeroom teacher for the same class multiple years in a row; to move up with one's class
to come unstuck from; to peel off; to come off
special characteristic; special quality; trait; idiosyncrasy; peculiarity
flavor; flavour; charm; appeal; experience; taste (e.g. of victory)
persistent; obstinate; stubborn; pigheaded
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
ogling; eyeing (lecherously); leering; staring
being very forgetful; having a bad memory
winding; meandering; wriggling; wiggling; waving; swaying
to beg; to pester; to plead; to coax; to hound; to importune
composition (of painting); structural outline; compositional arrangement
to repaint; to paint again; to paint (a different colour); to change completely; to break (a record); to redraw (e.g. the map)
to hold one's nose; to pinch one's nose