some slightly weird vocab for your thursday (or friday jst)
nouns:
鬼子（おにご） = wild child, badly-behaved child; child which does not resemble its parents, changeling
心境（しんきょう） = mental state, state of mind
言霊（ことだま） = mystical power inherent in words, spirit of language
上目（うわめ）遣い（づかい） = looking up at someone (with upturned eyes), glancing upwards
駆け引き（かけひき） = tactics, strategy, maneuvering
verbs:
すがる = to cling to, hang onto; to rely on, depend on
キメる = to dress to kill, dress to the nines
盗み見る（ぬすみみる） = to steal a glance at, look furtively at
うねる = to wind (e.g., road, river, etc.), to meander; to surge, swell, roll
adjectives:
アリな = alright, acceptable, passable
過保護（かほご）な = overprotective, excessive care
adverbs/onomatopoeiae:
いずれ = in due course, eventually, one of these days
ただでさえ = even at the best of times, under normal circumstances, as it is
十中八九（じっちゅうはっく） = in eight or nine cases out of ten, in all probability
expressions:
取り付く（とりつく）島（しま）もない = left utterly helpless, having no one to turn to
〜一方（いっぽう） = keep on being ~, continuously doing ~
けしからん = outrageous, scandalous, disgraceful
虫（むし）の知らせ（しらせ） = feeling in one's bones, foreboding, premonition, gut instinct
他人（たにん）の空似（そらに） = accidental resemblance (to someone else)
それはそれで = in that case, if that's the case
世話（せわ）が焼ける（やける） = to require the care of others, need to be looked after, be a nuisance
