color coordination (colour)
appeasement; placation; propitiation
good family; better-class home
fat; grease; blubber; lard; suet
Sleeping Beauty; Thorn Princess; Briar Rose
value judgement; value judgment
Constitutional Nationalist Party (1910-1922); Guomindang (Chinese Nationalist Party); Kuomintang
traitor (to one's country); quisling
cardiopulmonary arrest; showing no vital signs
drawing; painting; doodling; sketching
purse snatching; handbag snatching; purse snatcher; handbag snatcher
to use one's own judgement; to not be swayed by others; to have confidence in oneself
utterly stark naked; wearing only one's birthday suit
love of one's country; patriotism; Ireland
outskirts (of a town); edge (of a town); just outside the city limits
propriety; right and wrong; advisability; pro and con; ayes and noes
grasping (with one's bare hands); holding; grabbing; seizing; catching
going out; one's best clothes; formal (e.g. language); best (behaviour, manners, etc.)
to see the light of day; to be revealed (to the world); to be realized
excessive bleeding; massive bleeding
interviewer (for job, school, etc. interviews)
feeling of relief (for the time being); peace of mind (for now)
western part of Japan (esp. Kyushu, but ranging as far east as Kinki); western nations (esp. India or Europe); thirty-three temples in the Kinki area containing statues of Kannon (Avalokitesvara); pilgrimage to the thirty-three temples sacred to Kannon
(short) rest; breather; break
eccentric; queer; unconventional; peculiar; original
walking on frost; crunching (e.g. on gravel); lots of coins or jewels; cutting into large pieces; loosely weaving; large (pieces, stitches, sand grains, etc.)
eastern country; eastern provinces; Kanto provinces
excuse me for disturbing (interrupting) you; greeting used when entering someone's home
ability; capability; competence; skill
common sense; common knowledge; common understanding
whitewashing; glossing over; lip service; deftly finishing up; putting on the final touches
parenthood; parent or someone with children on the way (esp. an expecting mother); (of a fish) containing roe (eggs)
large-scale work; voluminous work; monumental work; great work; masterpiece
boom; bang; wham; Oh my God!; What a shock!
chimera (mythological); chimaera; chimera (biological); chimaera