single; solo; solitary; just one; only one
high magnification (telescope, etc.); high power
offset; offsetting each other; set-off; setoff; killing each other
conscientious; reasonable (e.g. price); honest; honorable
to deal a blow in return; to hit back; to punch back; to reject; to send back
close; intimate; on good terms
to remake; to remold; to remould; to convert; to reconstruct; to adapt
nuisance money; money paid to make up for inconvenience caused
to say everything one wants to say; to exhaust a topic
first rider in a charge; first (person) to arrive
here and there; in twos and threes; sporadically; now and then; from time to time; occasionally
caustic words; defiant words
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it; that sort of (thing mentioned immediately prior)
by your leave; with your permission
name of a piece of music; (musical) number; (musical) program; programme; selection (of music)
sukiyaki; thin slices of beef, cooked with various vegetables in a table-top cast-iron pan
(very) unusual; unconventional; eccentric; novel; original; striking
enough; too many; too much
to give a little chuckle; to let out a giggle
being shelved (of a movie, project, etc.); being postponed; being put on hold; putting in storage
whichever one chooses; either way
to think about; to send one's heart out to; to give more than a passing thought to; to think of something far away; to think nostalgically upon (esp. one's hometown)
to lower the curtain (at the end of a play); to come to an end; to finish
to feel like; to feel inclined to do
legal wife of an emperor or king; first wife; queen consort; empress
troublesome; difficult (e.g. customer, guest, child); laborious (e.g. task, dinner)
to cuddle; to comfort; to rock; to soothe; to dandle; to humor
contact; connectedness; rapport; mutual touching
the most one can do; the best one can do; the best one can expect
breastfeeding; nursing; suckling
to replace; to convert; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute (person, staff member, player, etc.)
shrieking; squealing; screeching; chattering (e.g. of a monkey); chittering
complicated and mysterious
great joy; delight; jubilation
lifting a child high up in the air