assistance; help; aid; support; reinforcement
to speak unanimously; to speak in chorus; to speak in unison; to speak in one voice
you must be kidding; hey, come on!; surely not!
assertion; declaration; affirmation
main cause; primary factor
silly; foolish; absurd; childish; easy; trifling
what is called; as it is called; the so-called; so to speak
childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate
to go under; to pass under; to dive (into or under the water); to evade; to get around; to survive
overprotective; excessive care; overprotection; overprotectiveness
father; dad; husband; you; he
to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
hooray; yay; whee; yowzer; whoopee; yes
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like
attachment; adhesion; tenacity; fixation; obsession
love passionately; ardent love; devotion
to pour (into); to sprinkle on (from above); to water (e.g. plants); to shed (tears); to concentrate one's energy (strength, attention, etc.) on; to devote to; to flow into (e.g. of a river)
among (other things); especially; particularly; at the same time; simultaneously; at once
for some (unspecified) reason
protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation
birth; giving birth; creating; bringing into the world
to take into one's possession; to receive; to take into one's care (e.g. person, pet); to take custody of; to leave; to go away
(not) even once; (not) ever
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
to take to; to let one's heart go out to
opposition; rebellion; rebounding; recoiling; rally (e.g. in stock prices); recovery
to divulge one's true feelings; to open one's heart
to begin; to set about; to start
drawing; painting; doodling; sketching
there; that situation; that occasion; the spot (i.e. "on the spot"); immediately; then and there
to break a promise; to go back on one's word; to renege
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
to yearn for; to long for; to follow (someone); to idolize (for virtue, learning, status, etc.)
tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)
cloth; tablecloth; wallpaper; wall fabric
colouring; coloring; shade (of colour); flavour; nuance; feel