empty seat; unoccupied seat; vacancy; vacant post
to point; to nominate; to select someone; to identify; to indicate; to play (a game of shogi)
piece; fragment; one (object)
just above; right overhead
feast; treating (someone); to treat (someone, e.g. to a meal)
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence
old-fashioned; archaic; antique; antiquated
porcelain (esp. soft-paste porcelain); china; chinaware; earthenware; pottery; ceramics
elderly woman; senior lady-in-waiting
white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white go stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine
nasolabial fold; smile line; laugh line
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
custom; convention; tradition; mores; conventional practice
with profound (often hidden) meaning; pregnant with significance; meaningful; suggestive; interesting
stealthily; secretly; in secret
mental; spiritual; emotional
illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
to spring; to bound; to be stimulated; to be encouraged; to pay handsomely; to splurge
to play an instrument (esp. string instruments); to dance
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
to lock up; to shut up; to imprison
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
strangeness; abnormality; disorder
whim; caprice; whimsy; fickle; moody; uneven temper
to be expensive; to be costly
reliable; dependable; trustworthy; sure
disaster; calamity; misfortune
disaster; calamity; misfortune; trouble; woes
by the way; meanwhile; on the other hand
good fortune; happiness; blessing; good luck
eggplant (Solanum melongena); aubergine
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation