shoulder strap (on a dress, bag, etc.)
gap; lag; difference; discrepancy; shear (e.g. shear stress)
to repair; to mend; to change; to alter; to put back; to put away; to cure
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
how others look at you; what others think about you
home; household; family; hearth
complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
one's heart; one's mind; one's intentions
coming and going; recurring (esp. thoughts)
slowly; unhurriedly; easily (e.g. in time); well; well (e.g. sleep); comfortably
to pour forth; to spill out
living by oneself; living alone
chance; start; opportunity; cause; reason; excuse
originally; primarily; essentially; intrinsically; proper; rightful
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention
murmur; mutter; murmuring; tweet; Twitter post
to shake; to jolt; to shake (e.g. the political world); to disturb; to put off a batter (by varying one's type of pitch)
to sense; to perceive; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment
approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; age (when ...); for years (past)
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
if you think about it; come to think of it
board; plank; sheet (of metal); plate (of glass); cutting board; chopping board
consent; agreement; acceptance; understanding; satisfaction (e.g. with an explanation); being convinced
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
satisfactory; desirable; favourable; seeming (to be); appearing
hasty; rash; impatient; restless; quick (to draw conclusions, make decisions, etc.)
tree sparrow (Passer montanus); talkative person; knowledgeable person
chirp; twitter; warble; whale tongue
rule; domination; direction; management; control (of one's destiny, public opinion, etc.); governing
to break the silence; to break one's silence
reason; reasoning power; (one's) sense
to lead; to take the initiative; to take precedence (e.g. sadness taking precedence over anger); to be most essential
to close one's eyes; to lower one's eyelids; to shut one's eyes; to die; to breathe one's last
to collect one's thoughts; to gather one's thoughts; to put one's ideas in order
blank space (in a document); blank; void; whitespace
comfortable (to live in); snug; cosy; cozy
determination; resolution
fingertip; finger; toe tip; toe
to wind around; to wrap around; to coil around
gesture; movement; action; acting; performance
lately; recently; nowadays; terribly; awfully; extremely
habit (usu. a bad one); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle