friendly; affable; amiable; sociable; loving company; (animals) taking kindly to people
man with a gentle nature; man of delicate features; man of slender build; effeminate man; feeble man
close friend; bosom friend; buddy; crony; chum
vividly; clearly; distinctly; acutely
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution
stand-offish; distant; not frank; watery (alcohol, coffee, etc.)
influence; clout; leverage
senior; elder; person older than oneself
speech; expression; wording; language
innermost depths of one's heart
to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
literature; books (reference); document
it is written that ...; ... is written; it says ...; it reads ...
life or death struggle; mortal combat; struggle to the death
with a plunge (of something sharp into something soft); with a thrust; with a stab
heat; fever; temperature; zeal; passion
megalomania; delusions of grandeur
narrative-like structure; narrative style
(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely
cannot handle (it) any longer; fed up with; enough is enough
to flare up; to burst into flames
worthy opponent; worthy rival; good match
on countless occasions; many a time
delusion; trick of the imagination
deep affection; dear; beloved
pet name; nickname; affectionate name; term of endearment
general; popular; common; typical
argument; discussion; dispute; controversy
normally being cold but at some prompt suddenly becoming lovestruck; hot-cold personality type
enough is enough; no further!
Balkans; Balkan Peninsula
one place; the same place; (arch.) one person; (arch.) together
dungeon; dungeon (in an RPG or video game); (underground) labyrinth
to stay indoors; to be confined indoors
the most; the extreme; prime; conspicuous
my personal (e.g. opinion)
(way of) life; lifestyle; living; life circumstances; livelihood; day-to-day life
attachment; adhesion; insistence; tenacity; fixation; obsession
quickly adaptable; pro-active