close; intimate; on good terms
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
I see; that's right; indeed
candidacy; standing as a candidate; bidding (to host an event, e.g. the Olympics)
stealing a march on; getting a head start; secretly acting before others; solo raid on an enemy's camp (for glory)
to knead; to mix with fingers; to quibble; to argue for argument's sake
roasting; grilling; toasting; tempering (in metallurgy)
cheese; tee (piping); T-joint; cheese (said when taking a photograph)
piping hot; scalding; madly in love; passionately in love
dainty; delicate (e.g. fingers); fine; sensitive; delicate (feelings, sense, etc.); subtle
group; faction; (political) faction; wing; school (of thought, painting, etc.); sect
fullness; completeness; enhancement; improvement; replenishment; repletion
lesson; section (in an organization); division; counter for lessons and chapters (of a book)
eating between meals; snacking
manual laborer; manual labourer
all day long; all the day; throughout the day
energy; energy; strength; energy source; energy resource; food energy
morning and evening; all the time; always; every day
I see; that's right; indeed
composition; piece of music; tune; melody; enjoyment; fun
one of these days; someday; one day
to get close; to cuddle close together; to nestle close to; to snuggle up to
unpleasant; awkward; embarrassing; uneasy
lover; sweetheart; boyfriend; girlfriend
smoothly; swimmingly; forthrightly; without hesitation
ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly
buying (of stock, materials, etc.); purchasing; stocking; laying in; procurement
selling off; disposal by sale; sale
intelligence gathering; information gathering
long time (since the last time); first in a long time
taking over (e.g. store or family's headship); subrogation; substitution of one person for another (usu. a creditor)
nisei; second-generation Japanese (or Korean, etc.); the second (e.g. Edward II); son
posthumous name; posthumous title
resolute; determined; bold
closing one's eyes; passing away; dying peacefully