reconciliation; make peace with
substitute national holiday; day off in lieu of a national holiday that falls on a Sunday; compensatory holiday
the seven prismatic colors (colours)
peafowl (incl. the male peacock, female peahen, and young peachick)
drawing room; parlor; parlour; guest room
to feel anxious; to feel nervous; fluttering down; trickling down (e.g. tears); hanging untidily (of hair); straggling
anxiously; impatiently; worriedly; fretting; getting worked up
to invite in; to show someone in
seiza; kneeling with the tops of the feet flat on the floor, and sitting on the soles
sermon; preaching; remonstration; scolding; lecturing
evaluation meeting; postmortem session; review meeting
energy; energy; strength; energy source; energy resource; food energy
exhaustion; consumption; using up; dissipation; waste
restoration; rehabilitation; recovery; recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence
to endeavor (endeavour); to try; to strive; to make an effort; to exert oneself; to be diligent
to guess; to conjecture; to surmise
care; attentiveness; attention; consideration (for others); solicitude
to forestall; to beat to the punch; to anticipate; to play the first move (e.g. in go)
dullard (gen. from not picking up on other people's feelings)
saying all one has to say (usu. negative, e.g. complaints, insults, etc.)
to be honest; to be frank; honestly; if you want to know the truth
content-free chat; idle gossip
to stay on; to remain; to hold out; to stop (doing); to give up
solely; entirely; only; or
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
self-consciousness; self-awareness
to subsist; to keep on living
forever; endlessly; on and on; meandering; wandering; winding
to assume an aspect; to take on an appearance
thereupon; shortly thereafter
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
elder sister; effeminate man
bog; marsh; swamp; quandary; dire situation from which one cannot extricate oneself; imbroglio
bugling (sound); honking; grumbling; complaining; car; automobile
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
to get (someone's) help; to ask for help
himself; yourself; herself
had better ...; had better not ...
pushing; backing; boosting; pushing from behind (a cart, etc.); pusher
to divulge one's true feelings; to open one's heart
to say no more; to sink into silence
treasuring; cherishing; prizing; holding dear
item; article; dish; course; finest item
meaningfully (smiling, grinning, etc.); suggestively; broadly; sneeringly
dispersing; breaking up; running away