normally being cold but at some prompt suddenly becoming lovestruck; hot-cold personality type
gap; difference; disparity; discrepancy
personality; character; individuality; personhood
if that's the case ...; if so ...; that being the case ...
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it; that sort of (thing mentioned immediately prior)
(not) at all; (not) a bit; (not) in the least; (not) in the slightest
yours sincerely; respectfully yours
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
to dust; to remove dust; to slap; to hit (with the palm); to use up money
master; expert; Meijin (professional title); Meijin (highest title for male players in competitive karuta)
merchant; trader; expert (in a trade or profession); professional; woman working in the nightlife business (bar or nightclub hostess, geisha, etc.); demimondaine
after school (at the end of the day)
explanation (e.g. for one's actions); excuse; justification; defense; defence
place; point; part; counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
to tear off; to pluck; to scratch off
skillful; skilful; adroit; clever; shrewd; ingenious
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded
to become settled; to be fixed
one breath; time of one breath; pause; break; (doing in) one go; doing without stopping
to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address
dirt; filth; stain; blot; spot
to dig up; to dig out; to pick (nose, teeth, etc.); to pry into; to examine closely; to dredge up
to blow (on); to breathe (on); to pick (a fight); to provoke; to exaggerate; to ask (an unreasonable price)
pliantly; pliably; subserviently; ingratiatingly; servilely
timidly; nervously; with nervous diffidence; trembling with fear
to retreat; to back off; to draw back; to step back; to shrink away
bicycle; child pickpocket
district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society
sidelong glance; short grain (paper); kanji "net" radical at top
to steal; to plagiarize; to steal (a technique, idea, etc.); to do stealthily; to do during scant time; to steal a base
to act as one pleases; to throw one's weight around; to have everything one's own way; to grow freely (e.g. of weeds)
kind person; warmhearted person; sympathetic person
fervour; fervor; vigour; vigor; ardour; ardor
to have excess momentum (from going too fast, using too much force, etc.); to get carried away; to go overboard; to overdo (something)
palm; open hand; playing on equal terms; lack of handicap
key; lock; key (to a problem, success, etc.); clue