intimacy; affection; familiarity
to hurl abuse (at); to use abusive language
to raise; to bring up; to rear; to cultivate; to foster; to nurture
to do (something) to spite (someone); to rebuke indirectly; to make an insinuation; to make a display of affection (for each other); to show off a relationship
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
to hesitate to say; to mumble; to hem and haw; to falter
one's heart; one's feelings; one's inner thoughts; one's mind
spatula; (artificially cultured) Japanese crucian carp
to exterminate; to eradicate; to wipe out; to let (fire) go out; to let die (e.g. flowers); to run out of
having sociable manners; sociable
the three realms of existence; the whole universe (of a billion worlds) that Buddha enlightened; past, present and future existences; far-off ...; distant ...
eerie; hair-raising; exaggerated; ostentatious
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
kind; gentle; considerate; generous; friendly; nice
to attack and overthrow; to utterly destroy
impression; strong belief; conviction
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
to be closed; to be blocked; to be clogged; to be plugged up; to be occupied; to be taken (e.g. accommodation)
outer surface; outward appearance; outside; outside; outer; outward
proverb; saying; aphorism; maxim
cannot help feeling that; cannot help thinking that
to be kind to; to treat kindly
nonexistent; unreal; imaginary; spurious
to steel oneself to; to brace oneself
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
to joke around; to do and say ridiculous things
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
by all rights; legally speaking; properly speaking
(somebody else's) parents; both parents
living room (Western style); sitting room
about to start out; just about to leave or go out; outing; trip
unintentionally; inadvertently; calmly; casually; nonchalantly; innocently
to hit a nerve; to go for the throat; to touch a sore spot