several years; a few years
obligation chocolate; chocolate given by women to male colleagues, etc. out of obligation on Valentine's day
securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying
exchange; reciprocation; give-and-take; reply; riposte
having; holding; wear; durability; charge; expense
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
another; one more; not quite; not very good; lacking
handmade; homegrown; hand-crafted; homemade
food; foodstuff; eating; appetite; meal; portion
bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread
to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in
to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash
underpants; pants; briefs; trousers (esp. women's); jodhpurs; breeches
transfer student; student changing schools
detection (of a plot, fraud, etc.); discovery; coming to light; being uncovered
living thing; organism; creature; biology
this world; this life; world of the living
opportunity; occasion; (arch.) order; (arch.) sequence; (arch.) successor
pity; sympathy; compassion; affection; love
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul
any more; any further; any better; any longer
to put on airs; to assume importance
in that case; (might not be what was expected or hoped for but) if that's the case
miserable; wretched; unhappy; sad; pitiable
when it becomes; when it comes to
one's relationships; people one knows; circle of friends
to bring; to take; to bring about
persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency
to raise; to lift; to boost; to enhance
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
individual; separate; personal; case-by-case
I think (something) won't (something); probably (something) isn't (something)
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
hiding one's embarrassment
does not seem; unlikely; improbable
powerful; strong; forceful; reassuring; encouraging
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
to confess one's love; to profess one's feelings
April; fourth month in the lunar calendar