mountain bicycle; mountain bike
chic; smart; understanding; considerate; familiar with worldly pleasures (esp. sexual relations, geisha districts and red-light districts)
intolerable; unbearable; tremendous; out of this world; cannot help (doing); cannot but do
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
opposite side; opposition
to summon; to call (e.g. phone); to convene; to invoke (e.g. subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
luxury; extravagance; treat (i.e. at somebody's expense)
meaningful; suggestive; telling; significant; pregnant (pause etc.)
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
point-scoring; scoring Brownie points
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
marks; points; score; number of items; number of articles
first meeting; first interview with
forcibly; against one's will
to take someone (to some place); to take someone along; to lead someone away
being put off (by someone's words, behaviour, etc.); being taken aback; recoiling (in shock, disgust, etc.); zooming out or pulling the camera back to get a wider image (in film and TV)
friendly relations; social relations; social life
sullenly; taciturnly; morosely; taciturn person; uncommunicative person
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
sidelong glance; short grain (paper)
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
self-consciousness; self-awareness
to become twisted; to grow distorted; to get sulky; to sulk; to grow bitter; to become embittered
image (in one's mind); impression; (computer) image; depiction (e.g. of a product); rendition
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
absurd; foolish; stupid; silly; nonsense; ludicrous
China (sometimes also used in ref. to Korea or other foreign countries)
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
Welsh onion (Allium fistulosum); green onion; spring onion
large serving; large portion
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
combination; assortment; matching (in a contest); pairing; combination
admiration; being impressed; admirable; praiseworthy; astonishment; being appalled
toilet; restroom; lavatory; bathroom
pardon; forgiveness; forbearance