deep emotion; strong feelings
sentimental; mushy; saccharine; sickly-sweet; sugary
stickiness; viscosity; glutinosity
craving; longing; thirsting
a lick; one lick; engulfing (e.g. of fire); enveloping; consuming
to lick (all) up; to lick all over; to lick clean; to engulf (in flames); to consume (of fire); to sweep through
licking; sticking out one's tongue
apathy; lassitude; lethargy; languor
to slacken; to loosen; to relax; to slack off (e.g. one's work, attention); to not put one's heart in
crisply; with a crunch; refreshingly; sharply; candidly; frankly
to coagulate; to congeal; to be fanatical (about); to be obsessed (with); to stiffen; to become stiff
sweetness; sugary taste; sweets; dessert; cake
perfume; fragrance; aroma; balm; sweet scent
calling repeatedly (e.g. someone's name); shouting repeatedly; pronouncing successively (usu. repeating a syllable with voicing, as in "tsuzuku")
shy; diffident; retiring; reserved
be absorbed in deep thought; be sunk in thought
crown of victory; laurels; honor; glory; fame
exclusive; exclusionary; restrictive; clannish
class society; class-based society; hierarchical society
it seems so; that's what it looks like
nickname; alias; pseudonym; pen name; nom de plume; other name
homicide department (of a police force)
groundless fear; thinking too much; making too much of
ignition; combustion; firing a blank cartridge; discharge of a gun without bullets; firing (of an event); triggering
proverb; saying; aphorism; maxim
dictionary of terminology; glossary
free time; spare time; idle moment
lifeline; safety rope; safety tether
to draw (a thread); to let out (e.g. a rope); to head out as a group; to set out in large numbers; to send out one after another; to dispatch