romance; love story; love affair; romantic relationship; romance
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
marriage proposal; marriage talks
perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
yearning; longing; aspiration; adoration; admiration
question; inquiry; enquiry
to be born again; to make a fresh start in life
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
samurai on horseback; (medieval) knight
prohibition; interdiction; forbidden; prohibited
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
princess; spoiled girl; hothouse flower; glue
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
than; from; out of; except; but; more
(social) position; status
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
baron; Irish cobbler (variety of potato)
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
to desire; to wish for; to expect; to see; to command (a view of)
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
obedient; gentle; meek; submissive; docile
to behave; to conduct oneself; to entertain; to treat someone (to a drink); to make tea for someone (tea ceremony)
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
marriage of convenience; marriage for political reasons