door; gate; opening; title page
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
accommodation; reception; seating; custody (e.g. awaiting deportation); internment; admission
institution; establishment; facility; home (for elderly, orphans, etc.)
to take someone (to some place); to take someone along; to lead someone away
genuine; real; full-scale; full-blown; full-fledged; professional
to put to bed; to lay down lengthwise; to put a thing on its side; to set something aside unused; to let lie idle; to ferment
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
confession; acknowledgement; confession of love; professing one's feelings; confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)
in some way or other; in some shape or form; somehow
old enemy; longtime enemy; arch-enemy; traditional rival; longstanding foe
intuition; instinct; insight; hunch; immediacy
... is the reason; ... is my excuse
be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)
lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pitiful
fully; luxuriantly; fluffy; plump; soft and full
rose-colour; rose-color; bright (e.g. life, future, prospects); cheerful; rosy
precious; valuable; priceless; noble; exalted; sacred
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; storm (e.g. of protest)
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
to repeat; to do something over again
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
lion; left-hand guardian dog at a Shinto shrine
heart; mind; bottom of one's heart; core (of one's character); centre; center; heart (organ)
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
generation; lifetime; the age; the day; the first (e.g. Elizabeth I); issei
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
calm; quiet; gentle; moderate; reasonable; amicable
to make a great fuss; to raise a hue and cry; to make an uproar; to clamour
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction
to some extent; to a certain extent
to have a (rough) idea (of what the situation is)
eldest daughter; first-born daughter
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown