being put to shame; being outshone; being eclipsed; feeling embarrassed
to all appearances; no matter how you look at it
How do you do?; I am glad to meet you
basic tone; underlying tone; trend; keynote
visual kei; fashion style heavy on make-up and elaborate hairstyles, used among Japanese rock bands and musicians; attractive person
to wear; to be dressed in; to be adorned in; to clad oneself with
polite; respectful; reverent
fresh; refreshing; invigorating; clear (e.g. voice); fluent; eloquent
handshake; reconciliation; joining hands; cooperation
polite; courteous; careful; close; overly courteous; overly careful
timidly; nervously; with nervous diffidence; trembling with fear
surely; certainly; without doubt
centimeter; centimetre; centi-; 10^-2; sentimental
movements; manner; behaviour; farewell dinner (given by someone about to leave on a trip)
positive thinking; optimism
thrust; charge; digging into (a matter); depth; straight man (of a comedy duo); quip; jab
to harmonize; to harmonise; to be in harmony; to say the same thing in unison (inadvertently)
formal; strict; ceremonious; stiff
pot; volcanic crater; (one's) buttocks; male homosexual; effeminate man
to see through; to see the true nature of something
awkward; uncomfortable; embarrassing
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
race (of people); type of person
clearly; plainly; distinctly; decisively; flatly; definitely
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
sense of values; values; value system
permission; allowance; acceptance; tolerance; pardon
to follow another's example
taking back what one just said; eating one's words; negating one's previous comment, opinion, etc.
to split finely; to splinter; to get frayed; to become irritable
vaseline; petroleum jelly; petrolatum
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
awkward (movements, speech, etc.); jerky; stiff; strained (relations); sour
tactful; adroit; shrewd; clever; smart; affable
movie theatre; movie theater; cinema
forever; for good; eternally; as long as one likes; indefinitely; no matter what
to stick up (hair, etc.); to stand up straight; to stand up abruptly; to jump to one's feet; to stand in one place, doing nothing in particular; to stand around
tedium; boredom; dullness; to feel bored; to get bored with; to get tired of
screening (a movie); showing; to screen a movie
action; movements; motions; bearing; behaviour; behavior
to entwine; to twine around; to coordinate (with); to arrest