winter vacation; winter holidays
seeing (or dropping) off, then later picking up or going to meet (the same person)
close; intimate; on good terms
procedure; process; proceedings; formalities
polite; courteous; careful; close; overly courteous; overly careful
kinky hair; frizzy hair; unruly hair; curly hair
attractive; good-looking; stylish; cool; smooth; neat
soccer club (at a school); football club
regular; regular member (e.g. of football team, etc.); regular (petrol, gasoline)
fulfillment; fulfilment; realization; realisation; completion
childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate
manzai; comic dialogue; two-person comedy act (usu. presented as a fast-paced dialogue, occ. presented as a skit)
deeply religious; devout; godly; faithful
something used to cover the eyes; blindfold; blinder; concealing one's home such that the interior cannot be seen from outside
regular matches in an official tournament
before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to
to coil about; to follow about; to surround; to cling to
slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out
resembling closely; being strikingly similar; bearing a strong likeness
to set one's hand to; to start work on; to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion); to have sexual relations; to have an affair
sense of emptiness; empty feeling; feeling of meaninglessness
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
to entangle; to entwine; to pick a quarrel; to find fault; to be involved with; to be influenced by
to undo; to untie; to unfasten; to unlace; to unravel; to loosen
condition; state; health; state (of health); way; manner
to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time
luggage; baggage; burden; payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes
to gasp for air; to pant; to be out of breath
rest; break; recess; intermission
restoration; rehabilitation; recovery; recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence
to cause someone to worry
storey; story; stairs; stage (in chronostratigraphy); counter for storeys and floors of a building
door handle; doorknob; door knob; knob or handle which operates the door catch
long, slender and well-proportioned; smooth, continuous (movement)
coexistence; living together