vocabulary; lexicon; lexis; terminology
heroine; female protagonist; heroine; heroic woman; brave woman
dimly; faintly; with a faint light; warmly; friendly; in a heartwarming manner
to chase about; to hang on; to drive hard
to finish reading; to read through
unexpectedness; unpredictability; tendency to surprise; element of surprise
character; personality; (fictional) character; character
protagonist; main character; hero; head (of a household); proprietor (of a store)
pork-cutlet sandwich; tonkatsu sandwich
rock (in rock-paper-scissors); stone; ungh; gulp; rumbling (of an empty stomach); growling
nightlife; night amusements
operation (of a machine); running; driving (a vehicle); use (of capital, funds, etc.); management
blank form; sheets of paper; sheet of paper
cheating (on an examination); cribbing
with a crunching or grinding sound; quickly; promptly; crispily; crunchily
to roughen (e.g. one's attitude); to raise (one's voice)
to follow (someone); to shadow; to tail; to stalk
to dig up; to turn up; to tear up; to rake up (e.g. old scandal); to dig over
bad taste; poor taste; gaudiness; nastiness; nasty behaviour; perverse disposition
what's in one's heart; one's emotional state; what one feels
to disclose; to divulge; to expose; to open (a grave); to dig out
unusual; uncommon; extraordinary; out of the ordinary; incomparable; serious
adultery; impropriety; (an) affair; immorality
married woman; another's wife
mint (e.g. peppermint, spearmint, etc.); Japanese peppermint (Mentha arvensis var. piperascens)
not all bad; not as dissatisfied (or annoyed) as one would have others believe; not completely displeasing; fairly pleasing
extramarital sex; affair; fooling around; infidelity; wantonness; unfaithfulness
escape; flight; running away; elopement; fleeing
delusion; trick of the imagination
(in) dire straits; (in a) serious bind; (in a) big pinch
to beat around the bush; to not speak frankly; to talk in a roundabout way
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
hesitation; indecision; vacillation
what is called; as it is called; the so-called; known as; so to speak
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
one person; one customer; unmarried and childless older woman
every time; whenever; as; whether; in (either case)
to tag along; to follow; to tail; to shadow
suspicious; dubious; unreliable; indecent; unseemly