to become speechless; to be at a loss for words
blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature
basic tone; underlying tone; trend; keynote
dress; one-piece (e.g. swimsuit)
smooth (of a surface); glassy; smooth (of an action, proceedings, etc.); fluent (speech); continuously differentiable
ingredient; (raw) material; unprocessed timber; raw timber; subject matter; topic
to treat; to handle; to deal with; to arrange; to decorate (with); to adorn (with)
elegant; refined; polished; high-quality goods; first-class article
direction (of a play, film, etc.); production; organization (of an event); arrangement; staging (for effect)
outsider; layman; amateur
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
brand items; brand-name goods
reason; circumstances; grounds; because of; due to; as a result of
unsuited; inappropriate; improper; undeserved
to be prominent; to be conspicuous; to stand out; to be outstanding; to be remarkable; to be striking
to wear (clothes) stylishly; to dress oneself stylishly
kindness (shown by others); courtesy; favor; favour; good offices
make-up; makeup; cosmetics; decoration; dressing; veneer
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
coloring; colouring; color scheme; colour scheme; (touch of) colour; embellishment
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); province (of Japan)
metamorphosis; disguise; transformation; shapeshifting; morphing
to dye; to colour; to color
looking at someone (with upturned eyes); glancing upwards (at someone)
unusual; unwonted; uncharacteristic
gō; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180 ml; gō; traditional unit of area, approx 0.33 square meters; one-tenth of the distance from the base to the summit of a mountain; conjunction; sum
discouraged; dispirited; despondent
to speak; to say; to vocalize
to sound shrill (of a voice); to sound high-pitched and excited; to get excited; to become restless; to be thrown too high; to come in high
well-matched (esp. of a couple); becoming; suitable
reason; logic; sense; truth; right
(young and) innocent; naive; pure; fresh; artless; unsophisticated
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
to pay the bill; to settle an account
ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly
accounting; finance; bill (at a restaurant); check; accountant; treasurer
chit; slip; ticket; voucher
café; cafe; coffeehouse; hostess bar (serving western alcoholic beverages; Taisho and Showa period)
to stick (to); to cling (to); to adhere (to); to stay (in a place); to stick close (to someone); to follow (someone) around