half asleep and half awake; trance; dream and reality
to have a guilty conscience; to have (something) lie heavy on one's conscience
by mutual agreement; by mutual consent
bog; marsh; swamp; quandary; dire situation from which one cannot extricate oneself; imbroglio
to fit in (snugly); to get stuck in; to get caught in; to get caught up in (a situation); to become deeply involved in; to get addicted to
to be fragrant; to give out a smell; to be enveloped in a smell; to be radiant; to be attractive
to ask again; to repeat one's question; to ask back; to ask in return; to counter
unevenness; bumpiness; roughness; imbalance; inequality; unevenness
loose; slack; gentle (slope, curve); slow (speed); lenient; liberal
gummy; gummi; gummi candy
idea; plan; fancy; impulse; thought; whim
meal set before one; women's advances
lack; deficiency; vacancy; absence; non-attendance
shibori; tie-dye; aperture; aperture stop; contraction; squeezing
woman or girl who acts cute by playing innocent and helpless
dawn (esp. from the 16th day of the lunar month onward); portable paper lantern for walking at night
queen; female monarch; queen consort; consort of a king; queen; princess
nature; the natural world; realm of nature
aphid; plant louse; cockroach; Japanese house bat (Pipistrellus abramus); hanger-on; parasite
bulging eyes; goggle eyes; saucer eyes
nonsensical; unreasonable; awfully; extremely; disorder; confusion
assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)
(public) notice; attention; public eye; public gaze
free; unrestricted; (with) complete mastery; completely in control
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
regulation; (traffic) policing; control; restriction
backlight; backlighting; backlight (in a liquid crystal display); backup light; reversing light
making different (comic) faces, esp. using small props
going out to shop; going shopping; buying in quantity; buying wholesale; bulk purchasing
to coo at; to behave like a spoiled child; to snort; to sniff
sharing a room, flat, apartment, or house (with roommates, flatmates, etc.)
start; beginning; build up; how well a pitcher pitches at the start of the game
upper part; upper stream; upper course of a river; right side of the stage (audience's or camera's POV); stage left (actor's POV); skillful (in comparisons)
de facto marriage; common-law marriage
de facto wife; common-law wife