fellow women; between women; among women; woman-to-woman
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument
to follow; to come along with one; to accompany
guy; fellow; chap; bastard; asshole; arsehole
preparation; arrangements
hot (e.g. from the oven); steaming (from the pot); fresh; fresh (e.g. out of university); new (e.g. married couple)
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
old tale; folk tale; legend; reminiscence
childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate
sprouting; budding; crush (esp. on an imaginary character in manga, etc.); fascination; infatuation
does not match (one's, its) appearance
(undesirable but) inseparable relationship
to confess one's love; to profess one's feelings
manly; masculine; like a man
willingly; voluntarily; on one's own accord
to the limit; to the full; as much as possible; with all one's might
to put one's strength into
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
sweet and sour; bittersweet
fear; dread; dismay; terror; horror; scare
(practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience; first-hand experience
quick change; quick transformation; metamorphosis; turning suddenly into
affinity; compatibility; chemistry (between people)
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
piping hot; scalding; madly in love; passionately in love
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)
regarding; in; to; towards; with regards to
tedious; boring; being fed up with
to include (in a group or scope); to instruct; to make one understand; to include (a nuance); to put in (an implication); to put in (someone's) mouth
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
to work (someone) hard; to push (someone) around
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
burden; load; responsibility; bearing (a cost, responsibility, etc.); shouldering
tearing; ripping; crunching; munching; stiff; starchy; (working) hard
at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can
ditch; drain; groove; tread; gap (between people, countries, etc.); gulf
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends