glance; look; glimpse; complete view; bird's-eye view
to kill; to choke the life out of
merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper
to take off; to jump; to take the plunge; to decide; to step out of the ring
to poke fun at; to make fun of; to send up
extramarital sex; affair; fooling around; infidelity; wantonness; unfaithfulness
other people's affairs; somebody else's problem
promise; vow; engagement; convention; rule; resolution
premarital sexual relations (intercourse)
to undertake; to take on (task); to assure; to guarantee; to vouch (for)
approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; appropriate age (to ...); old enough (to ...)
serving (of food); helping; chilled soba served on a dish (often on a wicker basket or in a shallow steaming basket) with dipping sauce
knowledge; awareness; consent; acceptance; forgiving; pardoning
jealousy; roasted rice cake
to add (one thing to another); to add (a few more words, an explanation, etc.)
to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason
to make oneself pleasant to everybody
to tie; to fasten; to hitch; to secure (trust, patronage of customers, etc.); to keep (an employee, someone's interest, etc.); to save (someone's life)
lead; leading; lead (of a newspaper, etc.); lede; lead (wire); lead (e.g. dog); leash
pull; patronage; tug; discount
house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building
occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom
to court; to woo; to approach defiantly
chattering; talk; idle talk; chatty; talkative; chatterbox
dubious; puzzled; suspicious
puffing motion (when blowing, spitting, etc.); pouting (with displeasure)
fluttering; flapping; (arch.) flickering (light, flame, etc.); frill; piece of thin material
to keep someone from doing; to stop; to prevent; to check; to hinder; to obstruct
to attend on; to wait on; to accompany; to escort; to chaperone
practice (in the field); training (esp. practical and hands-on); practical exercise; drill
locking up (doors and windows); fastening the doors
fence; paling; railing; (arch.) fortress
(taking a) bath; hot spring cure
heart; guts; nerve; central part
love at first sight; being taken with someone at the first meeting
simile; metaphor; allegory; parable
to glitter; to glisten; to sparkle; to twinkle; to glare; to gleam
owner; proprietor; possessor (e.g. of talent, beauty, etc.)
dual nature; bilateral character; two-facedness; two-sidedness
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or somebody else