polite; respectful; reverent
opening (a letter, parcel, etc.); breaking the seal; unboxing (a product); unsealed mail
to read out; to read aloud; to call out; to finish reading; to read through
courtesy call; courtesy visit
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
along with; in line with; following; due to; as a result of; in accordance with
to aggravate; to complicate; to make worse
aim; object; expectations; prospects; something that can be relied upon; snack served with alcoholic drink; pad
being too late; losing one's final chance
to snatch (from someone); to tear (away); to steal
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
dark history; dark past; something one wants to forget or pretend never happened
erotic humiliation; sexual humiliation; deliberate provocation of shame or embarrassment for erotic pleasure
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
(another's) daughter; young lady (of pampered upbringing); woman who has never known hardship; naive woman
don't do anything rash!; keep composed!
to comfort; to console; to amuse
opposite effect; adverse effect; backfiring
to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach
that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you
to like; to love; to be fond of
to be wet (with tears); to be moist; to get dim; to become blurred; to become tear-choked
to climb over; to get over; to overcome (a difficulty, obstacle, etc.); to surmount; to surpass (a predecessor); to overtake
to shoot dead; to bring down (an animal); to win (a prize, someone's heart, etc.); to gain; to get
Eh?; What?; Come on!; Damn!
to roll; to tumble; to fall over; to roll over; to lie down; to be scattered about; to be lying around
to remove obstacles in the way of one's objective; to take an indirect approach; (lit.) to fill in the outer moat
to mind; to care; to worry
directly opposite; right in front
that is (to say); namely; precisely; exactly; if one does ..., then; in that case
legal wife; lawful wife; first wife (in polygamous relationship)
to be noisy; to be astir; to be abuzz; to be in commotion; to be aflutter; to be unsettled
to fold one's arms; to link arms with someone
peerless; unparalleled; unparallelled; mowing down the enemy
position in a game; state of the game; situation; stage; phase
powerlessness; helplessness; incompetence; ineffectiveness
love; romance; tender passion; emotion; affections
zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch
motel; drive-in love hotel
other people's affairs; someone else's problem