confession; acknowledgement; confession of love; professing one's feelings; confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)
to begin to write; to begin writing; to begin to draw; to begin drawing; to begin painting
anger; rage; resentment; indignation; exasperation
to dye; to colour; to color
triumphant; exultant; in high and proud spirits
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
succession; continuation; series; sequence
departure; setting off; being used up; being consumed; passage of time; lapse; rehearsal
floating; drifting; weightlessness; softly; gently; lightly
to use one's influence; to pull strings; to take measures; to make the necessary preparations
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
to stare in wonder; to be amazed
to give a little chuckle; to let out a giggle
each time; always; often; thank you for your continued patronage
familiar; well-known; regular (e.g. customer); old stand-by
cool (temperature, color, etc.); cool (i.e. calm and collected); cool (i.e. fashionable, attractive, etc.); course (of medical treatment); season (series) of a television program (usu. 13 installments over a 3-month period)
playful; mischievous; joker; prankster; scamp
fixed period; fixed term; regular; periodic; fixed-term commuter pass; fixed-term deposit
observation; survey; measurement; opinion; prediction; thinking
target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.)
unique; peculiar; singular
junction; crossroads; division point; parting of ways
holder (of a record, title, permit, etc.)
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
gender; distinction of sex; sex
origin; beginning; variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width); for kimonos: at least 10 m in length; tip; extremity
to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard
minute; micro; detailed; delicate; subtle
omitting (reluctantly); leaving out; dropping; giving up (reluctantly); parting with; sharing
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
(the condition of) one's health
good; fine; excellent; favorable; favourable; satisfactory
to omit; to leave out; to exclude; to curtail; to save; to cut down