(in a) long time; long time (ago); while (ago); long ago; long while (ago); (in a) long while
to attend on; to wait on; to accompany; to escort; to chaperone
defect; deficiency; imperfection; Yours in haste
sparkle of one's eyes; insight; discernment; penetration
shyness; fear of strangers; stranger anxiety
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
beautiful woman; (a) beauty; belle; good-looker
to persuade; to urge; to coax; to make advances (to); to seduce; to court
gentlemen; men; the men's (sign on toilet, bathroom, etc. doors)
street at night; making a night journey
good-value; economical; advantageous (price, deal, etc.); useful; helpful
feelings; thoughts; meaning
bringing certain death; deadly; knockout (blow)
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
to impress; to move one's heart; to touch (a person's heart)
undertaking; underwriting; acceptance
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
reliability; trustworthiness; dependability
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
the times; an age; a day and age
nervous temperament; worrier's disposition
peremptorily; willy-nilly; forcibly
insight; power of observation
quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
smell; scent; aura; whiff; faint, mist-like pattern along the temper line of a Japanese sword
to rise (of smoke, steam, etc.); to go up
insurrection; mutiny; rebellion; revolt; uprising
to impose a gag order; to hush up; to order someone not to mention something
long ago; a long time ago; already
to disappear; to vanish; to go; to leave; to die
apathy; lassitude; lethargy; languor
longed-for; anxiously awaited
as one would expect from ...; given that ... (naturally ...); precisely because ...; all the more because of ...; on account of ...; ... being what it is
to arrange (flowers); to plant; living; live
lily (Lilium spp.); yuri; genre of comics and novels about female homosexuality
grabbing hold; eagle grip; tight hold
promise; agreement; arrangement; something expected or predictable (e.g. running gag); typical or clichéd development (in a story); something considered obligatory or guaranteed (in a certain situation)
-less; lacking; non-existing
marriage ceremony; wedding
to hand over; to transfer; to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way; to yield; to concede