poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
to hand over; to transfer; to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way; to yield; to concede
closing years (period, days); last stage; end stage; terminal (e.g. cancer, disease, etc.); final
fetish; passion; enthusiasm
shyness; bashfulness; shame
to take advantage of; to impose on; to make an entry (in an account book)
soft; tender; limp; subdued (colour or light) (color); gentle; meek
ingredient; (raw) material; unprocessed timber; raw timber; subject matter; topic
silicon; silicone (oxidized form)
to perfect; to detail; to polish; (arch.) to make (inside something)
creator (of a work); author; writer; artist; composer; playwright
to push out; to project; to stick out; to hand over (e.g. to the police)
district of a town; city block (of irregular size)
cafe featuring Japanese-style sweets
short, padded coat that covers someone and a baby on their back; sleeping; sleep
arbor; arbour; suffix forming the final part of the pseudonyms of some writers and performers; suffix forming the final part of the name of a restaurant
pretty girl who attracts customers to come inside a shop
to abbreviate; to omit; to take; to capture
puzzling; tangled; complicated; complex
to say; to speak; to tell; to talk
in comparison to; rather than
smooth (of a surface); glassy; smooth (of an action, proceedings, etc.); fluent (speech); continuously differentiable
living thing; organism; creature; biology
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
mature age; advanced age; maturity; age when one is old enough to know better
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)
baby girl; primary schoolgirl
to take (someone) to one place after another (forcibly); to drag (someone) around
middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years
owner; proprietor; possessor (e.g. of talent, beauty, etc.)
appropriate; adequate; suitable; fitting; worthy
to fall in love; to be in love; to be charmed with; to lose one's heart to
one long straight object (e.g. strand of hair, beam of light, wisp of smoke); a single bloodline; earnest; resolute; (arch.) ordinary; (arch.) common
for two people's eyes to meet; catching someone's eye; making eye contact; meeting a person's gaze
man who is popular with women
to protect (someone); to look after (e.g. an injured leg); to defend; to cover for; to stand up for; to stick up for
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)
exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution