timidly; nervously; hesitantly; trembling (with fear); fearfully; anxiously
to be renewed; to change; to be improved; to be reformed; to stand on ceremony; to be formal
ceremonious; unduly distant (e.g. towards a friend); overly formal; reserved
real nuisance; becoming inconvenienced by someone else's problems (through no fault of one's own)
loss; waste (e.g. of time); feeling of loss; Los Angeles; L.A.
to take away; to carry away
profit; earnings; stroke of luck
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
to have meaning; to be meaningful
outside a car (train, bus, etc.)
direction; district; area; field (e.g. of study); sphere; quarter
phantom; vision; something fleeting; short-lived dream; fabled item; mythical thing
rainbow-colored; rainbow-coloured
case (of a machine, computer, etc.); casing; cabinet (arcade games); housing; enclosure; chassis
groan; moan; growl; snarl; hum (e.g. of a motor); buzz
to close up; to shut up (e.g. behind doors); to cut off (e.g. because a deadline has expired); to close off (e.g. subscription list)
with a clatter; with a rattle; persistently (complaining, etc.); annoyingly; messy; cluttered
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
intonation; accent; modulation; inflection
spirit; drive; vigour; ambition; aspiration
pigment; coloring; colouring; colorant; colourant
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
cheap article; poor-quality article
to remain; to be left over; to be in excess; to be too many
mouse (esp. a laboratory mouse); (computer) mouse; mouth
with a twitch (e.g. an eyebrow); with a dip; with a bob; with a flutter
single-person cell; isolation cell; solitary cell; solitary confinement cell
to fit (e.g. a pane into a frame); to set (e.g. a diamond); to plug in (to a formula); to entrap; to take (someone) in
iron grill; iron grille; iron lattice; prison
naked; bare; uncovered; frank; open; blunt
sprout; shoot; bud; germinal disk (in an egg)
hakama; pleated skirt or loose-legged trousers worn over a kimono mainly on ceremonial occasions; (leaf) sheath; (sake bottle) stand
high-class; high-grade; high-quality; high-ranking; high-level; senior
ryotei; traditional Japanese restaurant (esp. a luxurious one)
small dining table (usu. for a single person); serving tray (with legs); meal; food; counter for bowlfuls of rice; counter for pairs of chopsticks
four-legged tray for festive food
brightly colored; vivid; colorful; colourful; brilliant; radiant
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal