flesh colour (of a Japanese person); flesh color; pale orange; (one's) skin color; skin colour; skin tone
to become locked; to lock
query; interrogation; enquiry; question; inquiry
to be born; to come into the world
to shorten; to narrow; to close; to shrink
plan to overcome an obstacle or break out of a deadlock; breakthrough solution
artificial; unnatural; human-caused (e.g. mistake, error, disaster); man-made
to skin (one's knee); to graze; to scratch
pre-established harmony (Leibniz theory); harmonie préétablie; (events) proceeding in a predictable fashion; turning out the way everyone expected; convention
the defensive; passive attitude; passivity; the passive; passive voice; ukemi (the art of falling safely)
approximately; about; only; nothing but; just (finished, etc.)
uncertain; indefinite; vague; ambiguous; equivocal; dubious
inner world; inner sphere
to draw (water); to scoop up; to dip up; to understand (someone's feelings, etc.); to grasp; to surmise
slightly early; just before
there in body, but not in spirit; distracted; in one ear and out the other
to accept; to receive; to agree
let's see what you've got; show me what you've got
to stick; to get stuck; to be unavailable; to be busy; to be piled up (e.g. of work); to halt (in one's speech)
absence; disregard; indifference
lived-in feel (e.g. of a room); sense of life; hints of daily life
woman; lady; adult female
life in a dormitory; dormitory life
floor; dance floor; sales floor; floor (of a building); storey
to differentiate; to segregate
comfortable (to live in); snug; cozy; cosy
attending (school, college, etc.); being enrolled; being a student
minor character; secondary character
to talk to oneself; to mutter
back (esp. of a building, etc.); rear; behind
to walk away; to saunter off
preview (of an exhibition); private viewing; preliminary inspection
heavy-footed; slow of foot; reluctant; disinclined; unwilling
first place; head position; leading position
24 hours; twenty-four hours