to take seriously; to take someone at their word; to believe (to be true)
to inquire (about); to enquire; to ask; to interrogate; to question intensely; to grill (someone about something)
reason; grounds; pretext; excuse; motive
infancy; childish; infantile; immature
sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute; pitiful; pitiable
light pink; pale pink; cherry blossom pink
spicy; hot; salty; harsh (criticism); severe (punishment); painful
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
both; together; jointly; simultaneously
quiet; still; surreptitious
reconciliation; making up (with); making peace (with); being friends again; patching up a quarrel
reaction; response; physical reaction (to a stimulus); observable response (of an organism); reaction; effect
to colour; to color; to grow lively; to become excited; to waver; to show uneasiness
to drift; to float; to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air; to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood); to wander; to walk around aimlessly
to get blurred; to get hoarse; to get husky; to graze; to scrape
emotion; feeling; feelings; sentiment
weak (constitution); sickly; feeble; in poor health
if; when; when it comes to ...; as for ...; why don't you ...; why not ...
charm; fascination; glamour; glamor; attraction; appeal
to boil; to come to a boil; to seethe (with rage, etc.); to be furious
dear (old); fondly remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
weight; weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; importance; significance
to lean over (and cover with one's body); to bend over (someone); to (stand tall and) lean on (someone); to weigh on one; to bear (heavily) on one; to lie on one
aroma; fragrance; scent; smell
to bud; to sprout; to develop (of talents, feelings, etc.); to awaken
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
smell; scent; aura; whiff; faint, mist-like pattern along the temper line of a Japanese sword
dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris); canine; squealer; rat; loser; asshole
imagination; supposition; virtual; potential (enemy)
virile; tough; masculine; sharp (features, look, etc.); fierce; dauntless
pure; innocent; pure; unmixed; long kimono made from the same plain-coloured cloth
pretty; charming; lovely; adorable
not necessarily so; is not always true; there is no guarantee that ...; there is no telling
to shake; to jolt; to shake (e.g. the political world); to disturb; to put off a batter (by varying one's type of pitch)
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
clearing one's throat; cough
to put (into); to put away (in); to include (in an anthology, catalogue, etc.); to contain; to achieve (results, success, etc.); to obtain; to accept (a gift or money)
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
to indulge in; to give oneself up to; to be obsessed by; to be engrossed in; to be lost in; to be absorbed in
infection; contagion; becoming infected; being infected (e.g. with harmful ideas); being influenced (by)