formal; stiff; strict; ceremonious
play; playing; pleasure; amusement; play (in a mechanism, e.g. a steering wheel); slack
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
being struck mad by love; foolish passion; blind love; infatuation; jealousy
tangle; entanglement; snarl; complication; difficulties; trouble
sticky; thickly (e.g. painted); heavily (applied); all over (pasting, stamping, etc.); clinging (e.g. of a person); following around
to draw close to; to edge up to; to snuggle up to; to nestle close to; to cuddle with; to draw closer to
approval; agreement; support; favour; favor
stiff (atmosphere, manner, etc.); cold; unfriendly; thin and bony; scrawny
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
(one's) gaze; line of sight; point of view; standpoint; line covering someone's eyes (to obscure their identity); eye censor bar
to say in other words; to put another way; to express in different words; to reword; to rephrase
temporary; transitory; short-lived
pattern; behavioural pattern; behavioral pattern; predictability
to forbid; to ban; to prohibit; to suppress (a feeling, laughter, etc.); to hold back (e.g. tears)
to have one's enthusiasm dampened; to become subdued
pleasantly warm; nice and warm; repeatedly (hitting someone); again and again; over and over
complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression
to prick up one's ears and listen; to listen attentively
rest; break; recess; intermission
exchange; conversion; replacement; switching (to); switchover
to follow; to come along (with); to accompany; to come with (something); to follow as a result (of); to be incidental (to)
to read the situation; to sense the mood; to read the room
to be out of breath; to breathe hard (e.g. during physical activity); to pant
to lay the blame on; to put the fault on
variety; kind; type; counter for kinds, species, etc.
colouring; coloring; sex appeal (esp. of women); sexiness; interest in the opposite sex; sexual feelings; charm
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
keeping a domestic animal beyond its useful life; keeping a person on the payroll without utilizing their skills
ceremony held at the end of a school term; end-of-term ceremony
summer vacation; summer holidays
to return; to come back; to turn over; to become extremely; to become completely
summer vacation; summer holiday
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
hot spring; onsen; hot spring resort; hot spring spa
(husked grains of) rice; staple (product, etc.); necessity; (online) comment