cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with (skillfully); handling (well); managing
washing; laundry; relaxation; rejuvenation; melting away (of worries, fatigue, etc.)
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
pounding lightly on the shoulders (to relieve stiffness); shoulder massage; massage stick for pounding the shoulders; tapping on the shoulder (as a hint to resign); urging someone to resign; pressuring someone to resign
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
reliable; dependable; trustworthy; hopeful; promising
to be in a hurry; to be impatient; to be anxious (to do); to get a fright; to panic; to get flustered
working without pay; free service; work for nothing
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
paulownia (Paulownia tomentosa); empress tree; foxglove tree
older brother; elder brother
work (e.g. book, film, painting, composition); piece; production; opus
wonderful; splendid; magnificent; exceeding; incredible; remarkable
not only ... (but also); not just; as well as
respect; esteem; reverence; honour; honor
love; love (in tennis, badminton, etc.)
insipid; flat; dull; lifeless; listless
impossible to understand; impossible to decipher
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
emotion; feeling; feelings; sentiment
disrespect; irreverence; impiety; blasphemy; profanity
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
female high school student
concern; circumstance which is becoming a problem; case (court)
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
choice; selection; diagnosis; medical opinion; judgement; opinion
surmise (about someone's feelings); guess; conjecture; (showing) deference (to); consideration (of someone's wishes); servility
(cutting) with a single stroke; lopping off (branches, etc.); (cutting hair) short; drastically (slash a budget, etc.); resolutely; ruthlessly (discard, etc.)
to understand; to be convinced; to be satisfied
getting carried away; going too far; overdoing
to indulge in; to give oneself up to; to be obsessed by; to be engrossed in; to be lost in; to be absorbed in
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
authenticity; credibility
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
dependability; credibility; coefficient of confidence
older brother; elder brother; young man; buddy; fella
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am; older girl
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer