to choke up; to be speechless; to hold one's tongue
confession; acknowledgement; confession of love; professing one's feelings; confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
such (about the actions of the listener, or about ideas expressed or understood by the listener); like that; that sort of
ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
willpower; energy; vitality
contrived; false-sounding
essence; true nature; substance; reality
(abstract) symbol; emblem; representation
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
it is not possible (to, that); there is no such thing as
healthy; sound; wholesome
innocent; naive; unsophisticated; birth-
feast; treating (someone); to treat (someone, e.g. to a meal)
lightly rolling (of a small and round thing); pleasant, high-pitched sound (e.g. bell, young woman's laughter); changing frequently (e.g. conversation, plans); (occurring) in rapid succession (e.g. sumo wrestlers being defeated); roly-poly; chirp chirp (sound of insects); ribbit ribbit (sound of frogs)
other people's affairs; somebody else's problem
affinity; feeling of closeness (with someone); feeling of kinship
plus; addition; positive number; gain; advantage; anode
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
to strangle; to constrict
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
to deceive with smooth talk; to wheedle; to give someone a snow job
close friend; bosom friend; buddy; crony; chum
to weather (a storm, rough seas); to ride across; to get through (adversity); to weather; to load completely (e.g. books on a shelf, people or luggage in a car)
to approach; to draw near
to come together; to join; to get married; to become a married couple
good-natured person; good person; (one's) lover; boyfriend; girlfriend
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
denouncing; calling (e.g. somebody a thief); branding (as)
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
to be left without means of sustenance; to be turned adrift in the streets; to be rendered homeless; to be out in the cold; to be down and out
care; looking after; trouble; bother; good offices; recommendation
supernatural (e.g. psychic phenomena and such); paranormal
suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy
capture; takeover; hijack; skyjacking
even; even if; even though; because of; on the grounds that