promise; agreement; appointment; engagement; convention; rule
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
to yearn for; to long for; to follow (someone); to idolize (for virtue, learning, status, etc.)
return (home); repatriation; feedback (in an electronic circuit, biological system, etc.)
poverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious
to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to pretend; to feign; to affect
education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
charge; duty; person in charge; official; clerk
to hunt out; to flush out; to round up
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
free and uncontrolled; behaving with abandon; freewheeling
laugh; laughter; smile; sneer; sex aids (e.g. dildos, pornographic books, erotic woodblock prints, etc.)
Lindera umbellata (species of spicebush); toothpick; natural wooden chopsticks (tea ceremony); black characters; black text
dainty; delicate (e.g. fingers); fine; sensitive; delicate (feelings, sense, etc.); subtle
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
slightly difficult; somewhat bothersome; troublesome; peevish; querulous
to taste; to savor; to appreciate; to enjoy; to experience; to go through
war; fighting; fierce competition
just one person; only one
to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
to take good care of; to treasure; to value; to hold dear; to prize; to cherish
to accept; to receive; to agree
to overcome (opposition); to push past; to force one's way; to press and cut
boasting; big talk; bombast; Australian English
boastful talk about one's love life; speaking fondly about one's sweetheart; going on about one's love affairs
to tighten; to fasten tight; to constrict; to control strictly; to put pressure on; to squeeze (e.g. an economy)
regret; repentance; remorse
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides (with); supporting; standing by
approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; age (when ...); for years (past)
living thing; living creature; animal; life
miserable; wretched; unhappy; sad; pitiable
to leave this world; to die
painful; heartrending; trying; oppressive; suffocating; miserable
beat; palpitation; pulsation; throbbing
comparatively; relatively; fairly; considering ...; for ...; despite ...
to look young; to seem young
playful; mischievous; joker; prankster; scamp
pre-war days; before the war
around there; near there; or thereabouts; or so; such a matter; such a thing
glossy (e.g. hair); sleek; shiny; lustrous
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
dressing oneself up to look young; altering one's appearance to look young; dressing younger than one's age
ingredient; component; composition
to delay; to postpone; to put off; to slow down; to hold up; to retard