interior design; interior; upholstery
to lift (a person) in one's arms; to help (a person) sit up
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
careful; scrupulous; thorough; conscientious; elaborate; deliberate
encouragement; inspiration; rousing; stirring up; raising (e.g. morale)
to tell (a story); to give an account of (an event, experience, etc.); to relate; to tell of; to show; to indicate
give up; relinquish; serve up; let loose
discrimination; discernment; identification
black lustre; black luster
to vanish gradually (e.g. of a voice); to trail off; to die away; to feel one's soul leaving one's body (from embarrassment, grief, etc.); to feel faint; to feel numb
ballade (narrative poetry, musical composition); ballad (popular song)
curtain; bunting; act (in play)
invasion; incursion; raid; aggression; intrusion; trespass
popular song; ballad; folk song; ditty
easily (reach, exceed, etc.); comfortably; amply; fully; well over
one's favourite party trick (favorite); one's specialty; No. 18; eighteenth; repertoire of 18 kabuki plays
modulation (of voice); variation; variety; liveliness (e.g. of writing style)
living thing; living creature; animal; life
groan; moan; roar; howl; hum (e.g. motor); buzz (e.g. bee, wire in wind)
deterioration; degradation; drop in quality; becoming unattractive (because of aging)
whispering; whisper; secret talk; murmur
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
declaration; indication; representation; manifestation; demonstration; expression
audience seating; (spectator) stands; auditorium; stadium
to flap (wings); to spread one's wings; to go out into the world
point (of a sword, etc.); pointed verbal attack
to gain in skill; to improve; to get better
to cut off; to cut up; to tear to pieces
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
brave; valiant; gallant; stirring; vigorous; rousing
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
painful; heartrending; trying; oppressive; suffocating; miserable
to shake; to jolt; to shake (e.g. the political world); to disturb; to put off a batter (by varying one's type of pitch)
to blow up (i.e. wind); to blow upwards; to spout into the air