physical contact (between friends, mother and child, etc.); physical intimacy
expression of love; showing love
personal; individual; private
safe (e.g. choice); secure; innocuous; acceptable; passable; satisfactory
attendance (at school); going to school
wearing one's hair in braids
standing in a row; forming a line; alignment
papa; dad; daddy; sugar daddy
mama; mamma; mom; female proprietress (of a bar, etc.)
elopement; running away with a lover
to listen to in an ecstasy
to impress; to move one's heart; to touch (a person's heart)
meeting; assembly; gathering; congregation; convention; rally
to muster up one's courage
truthfulness; credibility; sincerity; honesty; good faith
washing; laundry; relaxing; taking a break
matter; thing; affair; circumstance
memory; ability to remember
plump; with a thud; heavily
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
suddenly and in a loud voice (e.g. sobbing)
cover; mantle; shroud; hood
first-rate; finest quality; the best
to be pleased; to gloat; to glow with self-satisfaction
cell; cell (in an organization, esp. a communist party)
to check; to stop; to keep back
rice (esp. when served on a plate)
to distribute; to apportion; to divide
wistful; desirous of; hungry-looking; greedy-looking
to take (a photo); to record (video, audio, etc.); to make (a film)
to hurry (up); to urge on; to press; to rush
one plot (of land); one block (i.e. one city block); one area; one brush stroke; one kanji stroke
dwelling; house; residence; address
counter for buildings (esp. houses); suffix for a pen name, stage name, etc.
residence; housing; residential building
vacant house; unoccupied house
if that is the case; if it becomes so; when it becomes so
enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; anticipation; looking forward to