married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
congratulation; congratulations; celebration; congratulatory gift; present
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
large drop (rain, sweat, tears, etc.); large grain-like object (grape, cherry, etc.)
putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation
ordinary person; average person; man in the street; everyman; (a) nobody
while; during (the time when)
to be certain of; to have faith in; to believe completely; to trust (someone completely)
weight (e.g. paperweight); pressing down; keeping control; exercising authority; having self-control; exercising self-discipline
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
to pin down; to immobilize; to immobilise; to control; to suppress
water and moon; the Moon reflected on the water; pit of the stomach; solar plexus
confections; sweets; candy; cake
dyeing; dyed goods; goods to be dyed
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive
at first; in the beginning; originally
quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument
cooking, esp. frying or stir-frying; heating; tempering; -ware
cart (esp. a food cart); stall; festival float; portable shrine dedicated to a god and shaped like a house; stage prop fashioned after a large building; framework (of a house, etc.)
candied apple; toffee apple
daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period
pictorial book; picture book; illustrated reference book; identification manual; field guide
secrecy; confidentiality; privacy; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal)
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
among these; between these; of these; in here; in this
real thing; original; actual
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
to keep up (appearances); to smooth over (an error, etc.); to gloss over; to mend; to repair
to one's heart's content; following one's heart's desires
to fulfill one's responsibilities
interval; space; valley; gorge; loophole (in a wall); crenel
lovely; wonderful; nice; great; fantastic; superb
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy