influence; effect; impact
white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine
exposure; laying bare; exposure; (media) exposure; appearance (on TV, in magazines, etc.)
hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...
confluence (of rivers); flowing together; joining; joining (of people, groups, parties, etc.); union; linking up
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
beautiful face; good looks; beauty
genuine article; real thing; real deal
gem; jewel; precious stone
to set off to advantage; to bring into prominence; to support; to favor; to rouse (spirits); to march (a prisoner) off
being together; going together; matching (clothing); going together
basic tone; underlying tone; trend; keynote
waiting on a table; serving (at dinner); waiter; waitress; office boy; office girl
to serve as; to act as; to fill (the position of); to play the role of; to be in charge of; to hold (a position)
positioning side-by-side; parallel arrangement; going along with something; following the crowd; treating something in an equal or egalitarian manner
senior; elder; person older than oneself
nice; likeable; desirable
reliable; dependable; trustworthy; hopeful; promising
to face each other; to be opposite (to)
very interesting; of absorbing interest; having a keen interest (in); being immensely curious (about)
hard-nosed; strong-willed; determined; unyielding; stubborn; resolute
(those) who are; (that) which is; in the capacity of
without authority; without reason; unnecessarily; recklessly; indiscriminately
to deprecate oneself and praise the listener; to abase oneself
to flatter; to play up (to); to curry favor (with); to fawn (on); to cater (to)
to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty; to say well; to say cleverly; to say often; to say frequently
flexible; lithe; soft; calisthenics
to speak badly (of); to speak ill (of); to bad-mouth
trackless; reckless; dissipated
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
reference; example; inquiry (about a product, business deal, etc.); enquiry; being summoned to appear to court; witness
very interesting; of great interest
background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)
to change (into); to turn (into); to transform (into); to influence
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon
decorum; propriety; politeness
eccentric; oddball; character; weirdo
sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity