chic; smart; understanding; considerate; familiar with worldly pleasures (esp. sexual relations, geisha districts and red-light districts)
world view; outlook on the world; Weltanschauung (philosophy); appearance of a world (e.g. in fiction)
to unfold; to unroll; to open
unique; distinctive; novel; different color (colour)
individual; distinctive; unique; characteristic; personal; idiosyncratic
to consult with; to discuss; to confer; to deliberate
to climb over; to get over; to surmount; to overcome; to surpass; to overtake
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
cum (e.g. bedroom-cum-study); holding both roles (e.g. Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs); and; in addition; concurrently; at the same time
light; well-lit; bright (of a colour); brightly-coloured; cheerful; bright; encouraging (for the future of a project, etc.)
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
producing (people) in great numbers; appearing one after the other
newcomer showing great promise; bright new talent
every year; yearly; annually
to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
lush mountain; green mountain; grave; burial place
mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event
decision of a contest; finals (in sports)
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
shell; husk; hull; pod; chaff
genuine article; real thing; real deal
aaah!; oooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
confession; acknowledgement; confession of love; professing one's feelings; confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)
has reached its limit; has reached its peak
to come off; to be removed; to disappear (of pain, a fever, etc.); to be caught; to be harvested; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
that much; as much; to that extent; only that; that alone; no more than that
opposite side; other side; over there; that way; the other party; the other person
with a feeling of relief; with a sigh of relief; deeply (sigh)
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
besides; in addition; also; moreover
a blink of time; (lit.) the time it takes to say "Ah!"
to be shy; to be bashful; to feel awkward; to feel embarrassed
to burn; to scorch; to singe; to char