system; lineage; ancestry; group (e.g. of colors) (colours); family (e.g. of languages); close (evolutionary) relationship
to swing; to shake; to wave; to veer; to deflect; to lean towards
awkward (movements, speech, etc.); jerky; stiff; strained (relations); sour
friendly; affable; amiable; sociable; loving company; (animals) taking kindly to men
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time
primary school; elementary school; grade school
another meeting; meeting again; reunion
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
disposition; temperament; temper; nature
honorific; term of respect; polite expression; honorific language
standing on formality; in a reserved manner; treating a friend as a stranger; unduly distant; formal
thin; slender; fine; unlucky
constraint; reserve; feeling hesitant; being afraid of troubling someone
man who doesn't adhere to traditional masculinity, esp. with women and careers; herbivore man
to approach; to draw near
to become attached (to); to take (to); to become affectionate (with); to be tamed
lone wolf; loner; self-reliant person
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
distant look; faraway look
cackling (sound of shrill laughter)
to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive
New Year's Eve; end of the year
to release; to let go; to free; to add (pieces of eggplant, potato, etc.) to water, broth, etc.
behind; in the rear; in back
bye-bye; good-bye; see you; saying goodbye; parting
to relapse; to reassert; to review
very much; intensely; overwhelmingly; excessively; irresistibly; without any obvious reason
innumerable; countless; numberless
temporary; provisional; fictitious; assumed (name); hypothetical; theoretical
to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach
to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest
without losing time (e.g. to do); without even time for (doing something)
persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency
prickling; stinging; tingling
first floor; ground floor; one floor; one storey; one rank