face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
to cuddle; to comfort; to rock; to soothe; to dandle; to humor
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
illegitimate child; secret love child
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
perhaps; probably; generous; many; much
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am; older girl
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
no problem; all right; not an issue; unobjectionable
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
look here; I say; well; I know what; I'll tell you what; just a minute
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
appearance; (outward) looks; exterior appearance
being fond of children; person fond of children
gap; difference; disparity; discrepancy
heart-wrenchingly; with a thrill in one's heart
passing (a test, examination, etc.); pass (for admission, transport, etc.); ticket; pass (of a ball); (giving something a) pass; skipping (one's turn)
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
impossible; unlikely; improbable
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)
gleaming; shining; glistening
to shine; to glitter; to be bright
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
taste (in fashion, music, etc.); sense (e.g. of humour); flair
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
ago; since; before; previous
baldness; bald head; bald person; baldy; idiot; moron
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
to lose hair; to become bald; to become bare (e.g. a mountain becomes bare of trees)
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
judgment; judgement; divination; judgement
quickly; at once; right away; hurriedly