concession; conciliation; compromise
look!; there!; here!; that is
timidly; nervously; with nervous diffidence; trembling with fear
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
to correct oneself; to restate
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
shyness; bashfulness; shame
manly; masculine; like a man
difficult to ...; hard to ...
the other day; lately; recently
to stay indoors; to be confined indoors
and then; and so; and; so then
even; flat; level; calm; peaceful; uneventful
look (in someone's eyes); expression (of the eyes); eyes
relatives; one's family; friends; members of the same organization; followers; henchmen
junior high school student; middle school pupil
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage
mostly involve; principally involve
action of making something; -ification
too; also; still; as before; even so; either way
to be unusual (of a person or of a thing); to be uncommon; to be peculiar; to be crazy; to be eccentric; to be different
loan; lending; favor; favour; creditor; method of lending
taking part on the spur of the moment; participating without registering beforehand; last-minute entrant; specking on flower petals
to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender
countermeasure; counter-measure
compensation; equivalent value; consideration
eight; eight years of age; two o'clock (old time system)
meaningfully (smiling, grinning, etc.); suggestively; broadly; sneeringly
monopoly; monopolization; exclusivity; hogging; keeping to oneself
to fall in love; to be in love; to be charmed with; to lose one's heart to
fellow women; between women; among women; woman-to-woman
acknowledgement; acknowledgment; understanding (e.g. "please be understanding of the mess during our renovation"); noting; acceptance
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
slapping; splashing; splatting; banging shut; flat (refusal, denial, etc.)
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
irritating; troublesome; gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; heavy (weather); cloudy
tone of voice; mimicry; imitative voice
to have something on one's mind; to have (undisclosed) reservations; to feel conflicted
forcibly; against one's will
to wedge one's way in; to push in (between); to step in (between); to interrupt (a conversation, quarrel, etc.); to intervene