may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
disappointed love; broken heart; unrequited love; being lovelorn
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
to persuade; to coax; to solicit; to seduce; to make advances; to make a play
cliff edge; edge of a precipice; perilous position; critical moment; brink
amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity
to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
confession; acknowledgement; confession of love; professing one's feelings; confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
your house; your home; your husband; your organization; you
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough
standard language (used in government, education, etc.); standard Japanese
to talk; to chat; to chatter
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
nest; rookery; den; haunt; (spider's) web
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
common language; lingua franca; standard language (language variety understood throughout a country)
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
pupil; student; schoolchild
to give advice; to counsel; to take part in a consultation
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
unwillingly; grudgingly; shaking head in refusal (like a child); no!; no no!
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
(United States of) America; United States; US; America (land mass); the Americas
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
exposing fully; uncovering completely; being in full view; putting on display; not disguising
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
wonderful; splendid; magnificent
individual; distinctive; unique; characteristic; personal; idiosyncratic
to overestimate (someone); to overrate; to think too highly of; to make too much of; to give (someone) too much credit
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage