equality; equal; same rights; same rank; equivalence
influential person; powerful person; big wheel; big gun; power behind the throne
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
to be in a hurry; to be impatient; to be anxious (to do); to get a fright; to panic; to get flustered
absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively
to exchange glances; to correspond; to counterbalance
intermittently; bit by bit; little by little; in drops (e.g. of rain)
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
if that's the case ...; if so ...; that being the case ...
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
odious; hateful; detestable; (speaking ironically) darling
tear; tears; lachrymal secretion; sympathy
pardon; forgiveness; exemption; permission
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
letter breaking off with someone; Dear John letter
to push away; to thrust aside; to detach oneself from; to keep away from; to act coldly; to do without emotion
betrayer; traitor; turncoat; informer
comfort; consolation; diversion
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
fastidiousness; love of cleanliness
to sound shrill (of a voice); to sound high-pitched and excited; to get excited; to become restless; to be thrown too high; to come in high
severe; harsh; hard; cruel; rigorous
heir; inheritor; successor
part of the garden close to the house; nearby garden
to take out; to carry out; to bring out from where it belongs; to mention something; to broach a topic; to bring up (a subject)
to try and do something; to attempt to do something
very hard; with utmost effort; as hard as one can; (of a samurai) devoting oneself to (the defence of) one's territory
house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building
boy; son; baby boy; young man
to long for; to yearn after; to admire; to be attracted by
in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly; hazily; with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh
to be mixed; to be blended with; to associate with; to mingle with; to join
glittering; sparkling; glistening; twinkling
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
nape of the neck; back of the neck; scruff of the neck
to support each other; to support one another
to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below
proximity; nearness; soon; nearby