making one's best exertions
to serve; to work for; to attend
opinion; intention; thought
to reward; to recompense; to repay; to retaliate; to get revenge
to express sudden recognition and being impressed; (lit.) to slap one's knee
first experience (of something); first sexual experience
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
to doubt; to think (something is) doubtful; to wonder; to be suspicious
to step on a landmine; to really step in it; to screw up; to open up a can of worms
complete change; about-face
forbidding mentioning (something to others); imposing silence (on); ordering (someone) to keep quiet; hush money
request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence; trust
to steal a glance (at); to look furtively (at); to take a peek (at)
to sense; to perceive; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment
what is to be done?; what should (I) do?; what (am I) to do?
top-quality sake brewed from rice grains milled to 50% of weight or less
high grade; special grade; classy
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
brand-new article; new item
bottle; jar; decanter; flagon; phial; vial
conversation (just) between you and me; confidential talk
before one's own eyes; from under one's very nose; without doing anything; without resistance; helplessly; negligently
radiant smile; contented smile
infancy; childhood; tender age
candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination
to raise (to maturity); to bring up; to rear; to train; to educate
one day; (on) a certain day
to know; to be aware (of); to be acquainted (with); to think; to consider; to believe
pluralizing suffix; nickname-forming suffix
cowardly; timid; easily frightened
injury; harm; evil influence; damage
vain person; ostentatious person; show-off
good thing; strong point; good family; prestigious school; the right moment; utter
venomous snake; poisonous snake
crying hard; crying one's eyes out; loud crying; wailing; profuse weeping
(the) whole; as a whole; in general; at large
to stop crying; to cry oneself out
ha ha ha; hee hee hee; chuckling
careful thought; consideration; deliberation; reflection; rumination; pondering
to open wide (doors or windows); to throw open; to fling open; to leave open; to keep open