confession (to a crime, wrongdoing, etc.); admission; professing one's feelings (to someone one wants to go out with); declaration of love; profession (of faith); confession (of sins)
bright and beautiful; gorgeous; showy; prosperous; flourishing; thriving
to be in full bloom; to blossom in full glory; to be in fullness of bloom
to cause trouble (for someone); to annoy; to bother; to inconvenience
anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest
to blush; to have flushed cheeks
wildly enthusiastic; crazy (about something)
as soon as ...; just after ...; immediately after ...; hurriedly; in haste; quickly
to make way for; to make room for; to get out of the way; to pave the way for; to open up opportunity
to fill (with); to be filled with; to express (an emotion); to project (sadness, joy, etc.); to wear (e.g. a smile)
if; when; when it comes to ...; as for ...; why don't you ...; why not ...
ugh (when angry, irritated, etc.); ack; ach; tsk; keh
nerve; nerves; sensitivity
deeply (stab, thrust, etc.); hard
manuscript; version; draft
looking at someone (with upturned eyes); glancing upwards (at someone)
change; alteration; modification
to bring up a subject; to touch on a matter
another time; some other time
surfacing; rising to the surface; emerging; leaping into prominence; rising (of rank)
(moment of) departure; (upon) leaving; retirement
to whisper; to murmur; to rumor; to rumour
ugly; unattractive; bad-looking; unsightly; unseemly; disgraceful
briars; thicket; the bush
to curse (at someone); to call someone names; to speak bitterly
... or something (like that); ... or whatever; so-called ...; a certain ...
not at all; don't worry about it; forget about it
to add fuel to the fire; to make things worse; to stir things up
distant (from someone); aloof; estranged; knowing little (of); ill-informed (about); ignorant (of)
(adding) fuel to the fire
to get mended; to be repaired; to return to normal; to recover (e.g. one's temper); to be corrected; to get put right; to come right
blue; sad; down (in the dumps)
cool biz; Japanese Ministry of the Environment campaign encouraging people to wear lighter clothes and companies to set their air conditioners to 28°C in the summer
tieless; not wearing a tie; open-necked
in succession; one by one
bumping of heads; running into; coming across; encountering
frank; candid; frankfurter; frank
adviser; advisor; consultant; school club supervisor (usu. a teacher); school club manager
well-matched (esp. of a couple); becoming; suitable