husband and wife; married couple
childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
(together) with; -wide; including
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
recruitment; invitation; raising (funds, donations, etc.); collection; flotation (of shares, loans, etc.)
smiling; beaming; radiant; bright; cheerful
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
to become popular; to grow in popularity; to catch on
(one's) workload; amount of work (to be) done by one
in that case; (might not be what was expected or hoped for but) if that's the case
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
modern person; people of today
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters); to bundle; to govern; to manage; to fold (one's arms); to put together (one's hands)
rubber band; elastic band
to look at; to gaze; to stare at
opening (a letter, parcel, etc.); breaking the seal; unboxing (a product); unsealed mail
suffix for familiar person
bolt from the blue; great surprise
to be hard pressed; to be at a loss; to become poor; to be reduced to poverty
now that you say that; now that you mention it
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
shaking; trembling; pitching; disturbance; unrest; agitation
to spill; to fall out of; to peek through; to become visible (although normally not); to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)
to redeem (from sin); to save
root; joint; base; crotch
gap; break; pause; interval; cut; incision
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
form; tense; adjective; i-adjective (in Japanese)
ladybug (Harmonia axyridis); ladybird
(bearing a) close resemblance; vivid reminder (e.g. of the past); dim; faint; vague
tsk tsk; oh-oh; huh; what's that?
restlessly; aimlessly; to loiter; to drift; to be restless; to fuss
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
near; close by; within reach; familiar
(opening of) a wound; (mouth of a) wound; cut