to have a talk; to tell a story
consent; assent; agreement; understanding; comprehension; grasp
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
excuse me for disturbing (interrupting) you; greeting used when entering someone's home
make-up; making food (in a delivery-only restaurant); cooking
living; lifestyle; living room
details; particulars; longitude and latitude; warp and weft; warp and woof
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
to not match well (e.g. at the seams); to not mesh properly (of gears); to differ (e.g. of opinions); to clash; to be in conflict (e.g. with the facts)
dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point (in geometry)
thorough; exhaustive; complete
investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking
worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
to trample underfoot; to tread on; to crush with a foot
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together; both
seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
thump-thump; bang-bang; pit-a-pat; to beat fast (of one's heart); to throb; to pound
to follow with one's gaze; to follow with the eyes
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that
single word; a few words; brief comment
(not) even once; (not) ever
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
memory; sense; experience
beginning; outset; first; onset
damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
certain; sure; doubtless; I have no doubt; You can depend on it; It's a safe bet
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
full particulars; the whole story; from beginning to end
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth
to rise; to swell; to be promoted
to hug someone close; to hold someone tight; to embrace closely