contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
emotion; feeling; feelings; sentiment
to become aroused (of emotions, nerves, etc.); to become excited; to become stirred up; to be proud; to be haughty; to be pompous
value in doing something; feeling that something is worth doing; rewarding feeling; sense of satisfaction
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
after this; from now on; hereafter; thereafter; since (then); after
(verbal) abuse; denunciation; disparagement; vilification; scathing criticism
lunch; (Western-style) single-plate lunch set; plate lunch; launch (boat); ranch
(several) tens; dozens; scores (of)
after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years
as much as one can; as much as possible; if at all possible
abstention; nonintervention; noninterference
attitude; manner; behaviour; attitude (towards an issue, etc.); position; stance
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
normal operation (of a train service, bus service, etc.); running normally; normal state of affairs; business as usual
to build; to construct; to erect; to build up (a reputation, position, fortune, etc.); to establish (a relationship, household, tradition, etc.); to lay (a foundation)
hardware store; DIY store; home improvement retailer
last week; the week before
deep (colour); dark; strong (flavour, smell, etc.); thick (consistency); dense; strong (possibility, etc.)
sub; substitute; reserve; sub-
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
stay; sojourn; stay; prop; support
fact; truth; reality; in fact; actually
to conform to; to agree with; to be adapted to; to be based on
reclamation (e.g. of wasteland); cultivation; development; pioneering; opening up (e.g. of a new market); breaking new ground
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
down quilt; feather quilt; feather duvet; eiderdown
to warm (up); to heat (up); to sit on (an idea, plan, etc.); to keep to oneself; to renew (an old friendship); to take for oneself
standoffishly; primly; pungently (of a smell); acridly; long and pointed (e.g. of a nose); popping (of ears)
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
(I) won't say anything no matter what; unwilling to tell even under threat
one's house; one's home; one's family
returning home; going home; coming home; getting home
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
unmarried person living affluently
drink at home with one's evening meal; dinner-time drink