pattern; behavioural pattern; behavioral pattern; predictability
hell on earth; living hell
confession; acknowledgement; confession of love; professing one's feelings; confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)
thumping (heart); banging; pounding; racing
anpan; bread roll filled with red bean paste
chewing; mastication; digestion (e.g. of words); assimilation; comprehension
saying something (to someone); greeting; approaching (someone)
riding; ride; spread (of paints); -seater (e.g. two-seater); (getting into the) mood; (entering into the) spirit
to confess one's love; to profess one's feelings
to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.); to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.); to be suited to
the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
to pass (of time); to elapse
likability; favorability; popularity
empirical; from experience
light (e.g. aircraft, truck); light motor vehicle (up to 660cc and 64bhp); kei car
men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
My goodness!; Good lord!; Holy cow!
to fire oneself up; to give it one's all; to get psyched; to fire someone up (with scolding, corporal punishment, etc.); to rouse
slow; clumsy; stupid; irritating
immediately; right away; at once; instantly
it seems so; that's what it looks like
to hang one's head; to look down; to cast one's eyes downward
one's own strength; one's own efforts; self-salvation
modesty; humility; being humble
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
unusual; uncommon; extraordinary; out of the ordinary; incomparable; serious
to become one tile away from completion; to be at one's wits' end; to be about to blow one's fuse
favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right