one room apartment; studio apartment
curious; strange; unusual
to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to pretend; to feign; to affect
slowly; tardily; complaining; grumbling; unsettled (e.g. weather); loose
capsule toy; vending machine toy; gacha; loot box; loot crate
fascinating; voluptuous; bewitching; captivating
manner of using one's hands
to roll; to wheel; to turn over; to tip over; to leave; to buy and sell (quickly for a profit)
to wind around; to wrap around; to coil around
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
restriction; restraint; binding; constraint
hornworm (caterpillar of a hawk moth); (hairless) caterpillar
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
in the same manner as before; the same as always
to long for; to yearn after; to admire; to be attracted by
useless resistance; vain struggle
absurdity; contradiction; incoherence; irrelevance
frank; direct; plain; straightforward; point-blank; concise
to distinguish; to recognize; to recognise; to tell apart; to differentiate
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to deceive; to trick
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
to plan one's next moves; to work out a plan
big leakage; uncontained leak
whim; vagary; capriciousness; eccentricity
to lament; to grieve; to regret; to deplore
to pull oneself together; to collect oneself (after a failure); to regain control (of oneself)
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
to change completely; to switch (to); to shift (to another mode)
hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker
lock; padlock; tablet; lozenge; pill
toad (esp. the Japanese toad, Bufo japonicus)
whichever one chooses; either way
then; and then; and; if so; because then; if that's the case
laughing foolishly; cackling
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
to fly about; to skip about; to bustle about
to trap (into a difficult situation); to put (in a fix); to capture (a castle, fortress, etc.); to take; to drop (something) into
deplorable; regrettable; disappointing; vexing; unfortunate
unskilled; clumsy; lousy; poor; awkward; shitty
to be at a loss for words
in any way; to some extent; even if only a little