gloss; luster; mellowness (of a voice); youthfulness (e.g. of skin); interest; appeal
ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly
heroine; female protagonist; heroine; heroic woman; brave woman
to grant (request, wish); to answer (prayer); to make come true (e.g. a dream); to realize; to fulfill
love; romance; tender passion; emotion; affections
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
to be full; to wax (e.g. moon); to rise (e.g. tide); to mature; to expire
a little; a bit; somewhat; slightly; rather
luxury; extravagance; to live in luxury; to indulge oneself; lavish (use of something); abundant
appropriate; adequate; suitable; fitting; worthy
chance; start; opportunity; cause; reason; excuse
to balance; to be in harmony; to be in equilibrium; to suit; to go well together; to be a good match
quirk of fate; twist of fate; (an) irony
condescending attitude; arrogant attitude; looking down on
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
guilty (feeling, conscience, look, etc.); (feeling) uneasy
complicated; complex; intricate; confusing; difficult; troublesome
willow (any tree of genus Salix); weeping willow (Salix babylonica)
in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly; hazily; with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh
cool; chilly; feeling nice and cold
soft; tender; gentle; mild; light (topic, book, etc.); informal
by (means of); by doing; due to; via; through
summer cold (illness); summer flu
(common) cold; influenza; flu; ague; inflammatory respiratory system illness (in general)
to remember; to recall; to call to mind; to imagine; to picture in one's mind; to visualize
repeatedly opening and closing (one's mouth); gasping; flapping (e.g. shoe sole); gaping open and shut; heartily (eating); devouring
to emit a voice; to emit a sound; to be able to speak
brow; forehead; prominent forehead; beetle brow; not catching anything
underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret
corner; nook; shade; shadow; dark circles (under the eyes); dark rings; bend (in a road, river, etc.)
breakup (of a ceremony, wedding, party, meeting, etc.); closure
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow (handling, dealing with something); anyhow; one way or another
to squeeze out; to wring out
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
to pay no attention to (while listening); to take no notice of; to ignore; to let go in one ear and out the other
to cause; to induce; to bring about; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)
having no way of knowing; being completely ignorant of
closet (built into the wall, usu. with sliding doors); (built-in) wardrobe
to be beside oneself; to lose one's head; to go mad with something
to spread out (e.g. a futon); to lay out; to lay down (e.g. a cushion); to impose widely (e.g. martial law); to promulgate; to pin down; to hold down
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; used for soft emphasis or to soften a statement or request; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...