returning home; visiting one's parents; new bride's first visit to parents
impassioned speech; fervent speech
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
sympathy; agreement with; alignment; conformity; tuning
end (e.g. of a line); tail end; rear; backmost part
it hasn't been long since
row; line; company (of someone); group; sequence; counter for rows
tender; warm; meticulous; detailed; deep (of a colour); thick (e.g. fog)
gentlemanly; well-mannered; well-bred; gentlemanlike
love; attachment; tender emotions; falling in love
sense; idea; desire; concern; attention; care
to recollect; to remember; to reminisce; to imagine; to guess; to infer
school centred on preparing students to get into university; high-level school a person has entered
deviation value (usu. scaled to mean of 50, standard deviation of 10, and often used for academic grades); deviation; T-score; standard score
rustic simplicity; homeliness; unsophisticated; naive; honest; simple
restriction; restraint; limitation; limit
to become excited; to grow lively
to add fuel to the fire; to make things worse; to stir things up
to make an incessant onslaught; to attack incessantly
storefront; front of a store
flag; banner (administrative division of Inner Mongolia)
shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup); Italian ice; snow cone; sno-cone
red; red kidney bean; sweet potato (any of a number of different cultivars with red skin); bowl of shaved ice with boiled adzuki beans
escaping the heat to enjoy the cool breeze (by the river, etc.)
matcha; powdered green tea
to paint; to plaster; to lacquer; to varnish; to spread; to smear
both; both sides; both parties
choices; alternatives; options
function over aesthetics; (lit.) dumplings over flowers
treating someone like a child
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
hindrance; offense; offence; prohibition
goldfish (Carassius auratus)
to wear one's hair up; to arrange one's hair
to shine; to glow; to look attractive; to look nice; to be set off (by)
to give an order; to place an order; to have made to order