your home; your family; their home; (my) home
to be frank with you; to tell you the truth; I'm going to lay my cards on the table
labor; labour; toil; trouble; pains; work
primary school; elementary school; grade school
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate
to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...
often; again and again; frequently; repeatedly
email; mail; post; message (in an instant messaging application); instant message; male
relationship; relation; terms (good, friendly, etc.)
to confide; to reveal; to disclose; to lay bare; to speak frankly; to open (one's heart)
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward
to use tact; to exercise discretion; to be tactful; to be thoughtful; to have the sense (to do); to take a hint
introduction; presentation; referral; showcase (of a product)
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of a visitor's arrival); informing (someone) of a visitor's arrival
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon
OK; okay; fine (without); not needed; unnecessary
lowborn; humble; vulgar; coarse; shabby; poor-looking
(outward) appearance; (proper) format (e.g. of an essay); form; appearances; decency; lip-service
to shut one's eyes; to close one's eyes; to turn a blind eye (to); to close one's eyes (to); to die
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
silly; foolish; absurd; childish; easy; trifling
hem; (trouser) cuff; bottom part; bottom edge; foot (of a mountain); tips (of hair)
to hide; to conceal oneself; to disappear (behind); to be hidden (by); to live in seclusion; to retire (from the world)
judging from appearances; to all appearances; from the looks of it; on the face of it; apparently; seemingly
shyness; fear of strangers; stranger anxiety
feeling; sense; impression
bashfully; hesitantly; fidgety; restlessly; squirming; wriggling
close; intimate; on good terms
to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of
story; tale; talk; discussion
on bad terms; at loggerheads
fast; quick; early; soon; premature; too soon
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
to be vague; to speak ambiguously; to be evasive; to not commit oneself
one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodles, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
again; once again; yet again
to doubt; to think (something is) doubtful; to wonder; to be suspicious
jūbako; multi-tiered food box; heavy; serious; extreme; -fold
boorish; unrefined; rustic; uncouth; clumsy; brusque
to wind around; to wrap around; to coil around