and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
gloss; luster; mellowness (of a voice); youthfulness (e.g. of skin); interest; appeal
to erase; to drown out (e.g. a voice); to make disappear
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
nailing on; nailing down; being stationary; being rooted to the spot; (price) pegging
spell (that restricts one's movements); binding spell
to be solved; to be worked out; to come loose; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. of a ban)
sigh (of admiration or lamentation)
to whisper; to murmur; to rumor; to rumour
living flesh; flesh and blood; living (human); raw (flesh, esp. fish)
senior high school; high school
unmarried woman; Miss; -ess; -ette
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
silver; senior citizen; pensioner
hey!; say!; I say!; I; me
mistress (of the house); hostess; landlady; proprietress
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
so; like this; in this way; this much; to this extent
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers
to gather; to collect; to assemble
to turn up; to make an appearance; to put in an appearance; to drop by
how many years; how long; what year
way; manner; (for) the first time in (e.g. ten years); after ...; ...-sized; amount (equivalent to ...)
chairman; moderator; toastmaster; master of ceremonies; chairperson; host (of a TV show, etc.)
officiating priest; presiding priest at a ceremony; religious teacher; highly-ranked priest; guru; instructor (yoga, etc.)
leaving (a hall, meeting, stadium, etc.); exit; walkout; exit (from the stage); leaving the stage
closure (of a ceremony, event, meeting, etc.)
to need; to demand; to take; to require
burning incense (before an altar, esp. in memory of the dead); offering incense
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
to pass (of time); to elapse
usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common
carrying out a coffin; funeral procession
direct descent; direct line
eating together; dining together; having a meal together
wife; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); trimmings; accompaniment; side (remark)
practitioner; specialist; man (esp. one who is well-respected); samurai
family working in the forest industry; forestry family
to manage (all by oneself); to control; to run; to take charge of