to use up; to exhaust; to wear out
honestly speaking; in truth; in all honesty; to be frank
recipe; prescription (medical); how-to guide (e.g. crafts)
the number of people; many people; a large number of people; (counted as an) adult
pre-made (esp. food); prepared in advance
housewife; mistress (of the house); homemaker
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); younger stepbrother
visit to console someone; giving comfort (to the sick, injured, etc.); expressing condolences (sympathy, concern, etc.); sympathy call
not only that, but also; besides that; in addition to that; on top of that; furthermore
hard to get; hard to come by
thin (e.g. air); diluted; sparse; lacking (e.g. empathy); deficient; insufficient (e.g. zeal)
(idle) curiosity; fancifulness; whimsy; (having) strange tastes
before one knows it; before one realises; without one's knowledge; without noticing
every year; yearly; annually
sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity
hot spring inn; hot spring hotel; hot spring resort
(being) by oneself; with no outsiders present
serious look (on one's face); straight face
covering; filled in; complete; total; cliched; clichéd; plaintext
odd; strange; queer; weird; bizarre
men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders
to shorten; to narrow; to close; to shrink
to divulge one's true feelings; to open one's heart
mundane; routine; everyday; unremarkable; common; day-to-day
abuse; ill-treatment; maltreatment; mistreatment; cruelty
how dare ...; how could ...
puzzling; tangled; complicated; complex
to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter
logical connection; chain of reasoning; coherence; blood vessel
bookstore; bookshop; publisher; main building
to concentrate; to devote; to apply; to strain; to rack
phantom; vision; illusion