giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
alternately; by turns; one after the other
to be worried; to be troubled
shy; diffident; retiring; reserved
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
influenced (by); under an influence
stretching a rope around; roping off; one's turf; domain; territory (of an animal)
adjacency; contiguity; being adjoined
to stray into; to lose one's way (and enter); to wander into
whim; caprice; whimsy; fickle; moody; uneven temper
to entice; to tempt; to invite someone to join in
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
this and that; one thing or another
to shake; to sway; to waver
another (person); the other person; one more (person)
person living with a family; lodger; housemate; flatmate; roommate
looking depressed; long face
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
to be the ruin of (a person)
to say no more; to sink into silence
forcibly; against one's will
timid; faint-hearted; wimpish
confession; acknowledgement; confession of love; professing one's feelings; confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
reversal; return; return gift; return favour (favor); barb (on a fishing hook); mixture of soy sauce, sugar and mirin
to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
having a headache; racking one's brains; troubling over something
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
troublesome; annoying; complicated
solitude; loneliness; isolation
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
intently; single-mindedly; devotedly; solely; earnestly; with all one's heart
chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus
to get to know each other; to make acquaintance
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to gratefully accept
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
sudden; abrupt; rapid; sharp; drastic; radical
environment; circumstance
to accompany; to follow; to keep up with
fatigue; weariness; exhaustion; tiredness