sprouting; budding; crush (esp. on an imaginary character in manga, etc.); fascination; infatuation
to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver
even though; despite; when
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
stain; blot; flaw; disgrace
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
to appear on the market; to be in season (e.g. fruit); to circulate widely; to make the rounds; to go around
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
destructive power; destructive energy; destructive force
demon; devil; evil spirit; -crazed person; -obsessed person; fiend
ordinary person; member of the general public; non-celebrity
in an instant; instantly; in a moment; instantaneously; in the twinkling of an eye
to thrust down; to push off
curse; spell; malediction
straw doll; straw figure; straw effigy
to be dampened (of the mood, interest, etc.); to be spoiled (e.g. of the atmosphere); to become subdued; to turn white; to fade (to white); to grow light (at dawn)
impassioned speech; fervent speech
until now; so far; up to the present
mask; disguise; guise; mask
to blow off; to be blown off
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
suffix for familiar person
settlement; solution; resolution
certain; one; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery or detective genre
detective; investigator; sleuth; detective work; secret investigation
protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); head of household
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
manner of speaking; verbal argument; objection; protesting a decision (esp. that of a sumo referee); rumor; rumour
to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
useless object; deadwood; white elephant; boondoggle
to look (stare) back at (somebody); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to look back (behind oneself)
dōjinshi; magazine published by like-minded people; fanzine; zine
work (film, book); production; creation; turning (something) out