a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
effect; result; worth; use; avail
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
to ill-treat; to bully; to torment; to be tough on (e.g. one's body); to treat harshly
sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
hazing; gruelling training; waistband; woman's undergirdle
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
extreme sadist; very sadistic
to be open (to traffic); to lead to; to flow (liquid, current); to pass; to be understood; to be comprehended; to be honored
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
sending a ship to the bottom; sinking (a ship); to sink a ship
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
love story; romance; love affair
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
instant; moment; for an instant
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
wholeheartedly; single-mindedly; earnestly; intently; determinedly
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
like cats and dogs; (on) very bad terms; (lit.) relationship of dogs and monkeys
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
deep; profound; dense; thick; close (relationship); intense; strong
bonds (between people); (emotional) ties; relationship; tether; fetters
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
many; numerous; various; large number of
love romance; love story; romance; romance story; romantic fiction
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
romance; love story; love affair; romantic relationship; romance
society; the world; the times
strong; resolute; firm; strict
irony; rhetorical question
assertion; declaration; affirmation
before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged