intimacy; affection; familiarity
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
spirit; drive; vigour; ambition; aspiration
skillful; adroit; craft; craftsmanship; plot; scheme
way of speaking; intimation; lips; mouth; snout
excitement; stimulation; agitation; arousal
to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants
open; unconcealed; undisguised; broad; lewd; indecent
time; season; period; phase; stage
determination; resolution
gloomy; dismal; miserable; spirit of yin
apathy; lassitude; lethargy; languor
reason for living; something one lives for; purpose in life; raison d'être
(somebody else's) parents; both parents
brilliant; splendid; glorious; magnificent; spectacular
to fill; to become full (of); to wax (of the moon); to rise (of the tide); to flow; to expire (of a period of time)
true; real; genuine; proper; utter
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
frank; candid; straightforward; openhearted; direct; outspoken
to instigate; to tempt; to entice; to incite
active; dynamic; energetic
cased; boxed; precious; cherished; girl who has been sheltered from the world; one's special talent
confidentially; privately; off the record
bamboo sword (for kendo); bamboo fencing stick
to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in
to be vague; to speak ambiguously; to be evasive; to not commit oneself
unfeeling; heartless; cold-hearted; cruel
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
unless (you do something)
for the time being; for the present; immediate; present; for some time (after); current account
how much; how many; however (much); no matter how; what matters is ...; it all comes down to ...
old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly
to get information out of a person; to begin listening
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
details; particulars; longitude and latitude; warp and weft; warp and woof
(how) many times; (how) often
to repeat; to do something over again
last night; yesterday evening
scornful laughter; ridicule; derision; sneer
difference (of opinion); strange; odd; different
limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...