art; craft; accomplishment; artistic skill; technique; performance
evasion; excuse; subterfuge; runaround
fake; something false; sham; deception
tongue; tongue-like object; clapper (of a bell); talon (of a lock)
extra-sensory perception; ESP; psi; psychokinesis; PK
amendment; correction; revision; modification; alteration; retouching
to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
posture; pose; position; attitude; approach; stance
diagonally upward; (going in a) completely unexpected direction (of a story, result, etc.)
one-by-one; separately; in detail
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
fascination; to charm; to fascinate; to mesmerize
nature; spontaneity; natural airhead
half and half; fifty-fifty
calculating; sly; cunning; flirty; flirtatious
exquisite; superb; perfect; miraculous
beat; palpitation; pulsation; throbbing
absolutely; positively; decidedly
to yield; to give in; to bend (knee, etc.); to subdue; to overpower; (arch.) to feel down
woman; female; feminine gender
to be honest; to be frank; honestly; if you want to know the truth
to occupy; to hold; to account for; to make up; to take up
expulsion; dismissal; ejection; drum beat at the end of a day's performance (in the theatre, sumo, etc.)
that's the way it is; such is life
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
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 wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
to be transparent; to be see-through; to be clear; to be clear (voice, sound)
brittle; fragile; weak; tender-hearted; sentimental; easily moved
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
shout; cry; outcry; yell; shriek; scream
pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
little girl; maiden; young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryo period)
sly; cunning; sneaky; crafty; unfair; dishonest