marriage partner; spouse; wife-to-be; husband-to-be; future spouse
to be selected (from among many people)
selfish; self-centred; egotistical
companion; follower; attendant; retinue
to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively
to see through; to see into (someone's heart, mind, etc.); to perceive; to find out; to detect
dignity; eminent; high ranking; high-order (digit, bit, etc.)
good prospects; full of hope; promising
to speak one's mind; to be frank; to tell the truth
(outward) looks; features; face; countenance; expression
roundabout (e.g. expression); indirect (reference, criticism, etc.); oblique
of all (things, people, places, days, etc.)
errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit; use
to do something with painful reluctance; (lit.) to have one's hair pulled from behind
to bump heads; to bump into each other; to collide head-on; to meet by chance; to encounter; to run into
to ask a question; to ask questions
to get tired of waiting; to grow impatient
light blue; pale blue; aqua
to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)
sal (tree) (Shorea robusta); saul; Japanese stewartia (Stewartia pseudocamellia)
returning from school; going home from school
to rise to the surface; to come to the front; to emerge (e.g. from obscurity); to stand out (e.g. against a dark background)
backlight (in photography, etc.); illumination (of the subject) from behind
to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon
to cover (smear, sprinkle) (with)
to listen again; to ask again
trivial; not amounting to much; not enough to cause a problem; not as much as expected
without cause; without reason
flurried; flustered; upset; nervous; embarrassed
to cross one's mind; to occur to one; to flash into one's head
encroachment; erosion; corrosion
disquieting; threatening; turbulent; restless; unsettled; disturbing
hundredfold; hundred times as much; much more (than previously)
to hold up over one's head; to hold aloft; to hold over something; to hold (one's hands) out (e.g. towards a fire); to hold up to shade one's eyes, face, etc.