dining room; dining hall; cafeteria; restaurant; eatery; snack bar
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
pair; couple; antithesis; counter for items that come in pairs; counter for sets (of clothes, small furniture, utensils, etc.)
meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting
one class (of students); one group (of people); one set (of items); one pair
atrium; well (in building); blow-by; blow-bye; drafty; draughty
form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence
corridor; hallway; passageway
first floor; ground floor; one floor; one storey; one rank
turning round; going around; turning about; surrounding; encircling
one round; one circuit; one revolution; one lap; one turn
stairs; stairway; staircase
blockade; lockdown; sealing off (an area); freezing (funds)
brilliant; bright; dazzling
to illuminate; to shine a light on; to light up
figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
to enclose (with); to surround (with); to turn (one's head, heel, etc.); to rotate; to think over; to consider
left hand; left-hand side; left-hand direction; (on) the left
electric noticeboard; electric scoreboard; electric bulletin board
present continuous tense; present progressive form; ongoing; (currently) active; currently in progress
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
immediately; right away; at once; instantly
telephone booth; telephone box
box-shaped; box-type; boxy
establishment; institution; installation (of a machine or equipment)
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
to call a person's attention (to)
with a start; with a jump
to (make something) quiver; to shake; to tremble; to vibrate
piece(s) of firewood (esp. chopped or split from logs); kindling (twigs, branches, etc.); firewood
to put (wood, coal, paper, etc.) into the fire; to throw on the fire; to add to the fire; to burn
to ignite; to set fire to; to spark (an incident, etc.); to inflame (a situation, etc.)
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
chance; opportunity; occasion
gathering; meeting; assembly; collection; attendance
suddenly; all of a sudden
voice; speech; phone (as opposed to a phoneme); speech sound; audio; sound (as opposed to the picture)