let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
shy; diffident; retiring; reserved
excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you
hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
sacrifice; victim; sacrifice (to a deity)
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
that's a different matter; that's a different story
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
to deal with (a person); to treat; to deal with (a problem); to handle; to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to deal in
to ascertain; to check; to make sure
to respond; to satisfy; to accept; to comply with; to apply for
one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although
to deem acceptable; to approve of; to value; to consider a good thing
(just) making sure; just to be sure; just in case; for caution's sake
of good character; kindhearted; good-natured
to admonish; to persuade; to warn; to remonstrate
to soften; to calm down; to be eased; to be mitigated; to subside; to abate
failure; mistake; blunder
irritation; annoyance; frustration
to press for an answer; to shower questions on someone
to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
confidentially; privately; off the record
to yearn for; to pine; to be deeply in love with
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute; pitiful; pitiable
young lady of noble birth; princess (esp. in Western contexts, tales, etc.); girl; small; cute; (arch.) prostitute
immunity; immunization; immunisation; being hardened (to); being unaffected (by); being accustomed (to)
a blink of time; (lit.) the time it takes to say "Ah!"
to jump at the chance; to accept an offer; to show interest in; to accept a proposal
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
himself; yourself; herself
reality; actuality; hard fact
to be grieved at heart; to be troubled; to be worried; to trouble oneself (about something)
to remove; to deinstall; to take away; to set apart
to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt feelings; to get damaged; to get chipped
to hate; to dislike; to loathe
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous