paint; coloring materials; colors; colours
side; flank; profile; aspect; dimension
strange; odd; peculiar; weird; bizarre; unusual
completely ordinary; plain; commonplace; everyday
dreary; bleak; monotonous; tasteless; unrefined
standing upright; standing straight; standing erect; rising perpendicularly; rising straight up; towering high
colour usage; color usage; use of colour
brutal (atmosphere, society, etc.); savage; fierce; violent; bloodthirsty; stark
to arouse someone's interest; to whet (appetite); to be appealing; to be intriguing; to be fascinating
program (e.g. TV); programme
exterior; outside; outer; external; lateral
particle; atom; little piece; not at all; not the slightest
defense; defence; safeguard; protection
opening a new shop; opening a shop (for the day)
to face each other; to be opposite (to)
kindergarten (in Japan, non-compulsory education from age 3 until primary school); preschool
senior; older; third-year kindergarten student
to warm (up); to heat (up); to sit on (an idea, plan, etc.); to keep to oneself; to renew (an old friendship); to take for oneself
long work; (full-length) novel; feature-length film; long poem
leading part; leading actor; leading actress
research; study; investigation
culture; cultivation; cultivation (of plants); growing; cultivation (e.g. of a skill); nurture (of democracy, national power, etc.)
science; to think about scientifically; to think in terms of science
full length; total length; overall length
ennui; boredom; listlessness; languor
spoiled; spoilt; ruined; wasted (chance, etc.); messed up; destroyed
physical weariness; sense of fatigue; washed-out feeling
currently nowhere to be seen; unknown where it went; disappeared into thin air
pulverization; pulverisation; reducing to pieces; crushing; smashing
sentiment; sentimentality
severe; harsh; hard; cruel; rigorous
passion; enthusiasm; zeal
as a matter of fact; really; truly; entirely; completely; wholly
under development; in development
delay; lag; falling behind; falling behind in; lagging behind in