handmade; homegrown; hand-crafted; homemade
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
living room (Western style); sitting room
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
reserve; spare; preparation; preliminaries
entry to school or university; matriculation; enrolment (in university, etc.) (enrollment)
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
to throw out one's chest; to be puffed up with pride
letter; missive; note; mail
boy; son; baby boy; young man
to be vague; to speak ambiguously; to be evasive; to not commit oneself
sensitive; alert; aware; susceptible
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
anger; rage; fury; wrath; indignation
to appease; to suppress; to calm
yearning; longing; aspiration; adoration; admiration
very hard; with utmost effort; as hard as one can; with all one's might; for dear life; eagerly
to long for; to yearn after; to admire; to be attracted by
attractive; good-looking; stylish; cool; smooth; neat
to be shy; to be bashful; to feel awkward; to feel embarrassed
to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over
to overflow; to brim over; to flood
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
confession; acknowledgement; confession of love; professing one's feelings; confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)
to feel hot; to flush; to burn
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
hot (thing); passionate (feelings, etc.); ardent; hot (e.g. temper); zealous; enthusiastic; intense
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")