apprehensions; misgivings; uneasiness; anxiety; fear
settlement; solution; resolution
conceptual; ideational; notional; theoretical; academic
house; one's house; one's home; one's family
overprotective; excessive care; overprotection; overprotectiveness
exchanging diary between friends (usually at school)
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
this world; this life; world of the living
to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit
to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
to bring; to take; to bring about
will; testament; last request
to get rid of; to erase; to dispel; to eradicate; to wipe away
to leave one's seat; to temporarily excuse oneself (from a meeting, etc.); to step outside; to be away (from one's desk, etc.)
inner canthus; inner corner of the eye
grave; sad; mournful; sorrowful; pensive
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
standard item; usual thing; (a) classic; basic item (with stable demand); staple goods
shortcake (layered cream and fruit cake; in Japan, made with sponge cake)
Japanese chestnut (Castanea crenata)
chiffon cake; sponge cake
new work; new production; new composition; new creation; new title
to work too hard; to try too hard; to strain oneself; to overdo it; to go too far
small; fine; detailed; stingy
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
to be opposite; to face each other
in bad shape; not doing well; not going well; out of condition; in poor form
to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
anniversary of a person's death; monthly return of the date of someone's death
to leave words (behind one, e.g. after death); to say (for posterity); to utter last words; to leave some things unsaid
fall; drop; descent; coming down
artificial; man-made; human work; human skill; artificiality
light; illumination; glow; lamp; light
to insert; to put in; to have a griping pain; to flow in; to shine in
selfishness; egotism; egoism; (being) self-centered; without consulting; (doing) as one pleases