unripe; green; inexperienced; immature; unskilled
carefully; thoroughly; fully; deliberately
to make sure of; to ascertain; to confirm; to grasp
to give permission to marry
to burn into one's memory; to sear an image
preparedness; readiness; mental attitude; frame of mind
without hesitation; with great optimism; (pushing or pulling) strongly; (drinking) heavily
to persuade someone to consent; to entreat repeatedly; to beg; to implore
bikini model (usually teenage); pin-up girl
to get tired out; to be exhausted
end; close; finish; noh dance in plain clothes
arrangement; good offices; discretion; judgment; disposition
to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind
two people alike; two of a kind; kissing cousins; cut from the same cloth
(musical) time; tempo; beat; the moment; the instance; chance
restive horse; unmanageable person (esp. a woman); shrew; stubborn tomboy
bad example from which one can learn; good example of what not to do (esp. how not to behave); negative example
silver-gray hair; silver-grey hair; attractive older man with some gray hair
to be popular (esp. with the opposite sex); to be well liked; to be pampered (spoiled, doted upon, etc.); to be welcomed
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
Reinhard; Reinhardt; Reinhart
large drop (rain, sweat, tears, etc.); large grain-like object (grape, cherry, etc.)
intimate friend; close friend; bosom buddy; chum
optical illusion; hallucination; misapprehension; delusion
from long ago; from old times; from time immemorial
(abstract) symbol; emblem; representation
with a click (door sound); with tenseness or firmness
quickly; swishing; whooshing
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
ceremony; rite; ritual; service
conferring of decorations
to copy; to imitate; to counterfeit; to forge
to repent; to regret; to be sorry; to rue
inquisitively; pryingly; nosily; thoroughly; persistently; through-and-through
now rejoicing, now worrying; swinging from joy to sorrow; glad and sad by turns; alternating hope and fear; unable to put one's mind at ease
remains; dregs; vestiges; remnant; residue
healing (esp. through alternative therapies, music, color therapy, supernatural powers, etc.)
to give up (something as hopeless); to throw in the towel