mixture of fact and fiction; half-truth
atrium; well (in building); blow-by; blow-bye; drafty; draughty
tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)
interior (of building, room, vehicle, etc.); interior design
level of comfort (of objects you sit on)
to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to be prudent; to be complete; to be thorough
meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting
way; method; means; (technical) specification
to have two things (at the same time) (e.g. good and bad points); to also have something (in addition to something else)
palatial residence; stately mansion
container; case; receptacle; coffin; casket
optical illusion; hallucination; misapprehension; delusion
one's family; family member
to be too numerous; to be too much
frequency (of occurrence)
staying the night; lodging (at)
foreign; abroad; overseas
organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
bachelorhood; single; unmarried; celibate
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
advantages and disadvantages; interests (of parties)
doing whatever one pleases
in the style of (esp. literary, artistic, etc. works); reminiscent of; attached or stretched on
to feel awkward; to feel ashamed; to feel inferior; to feel shy (about doing something)
dryness; aridity; drying (e.g. clothes); insipidity
some; any; please; anyway; anyhow
heartlessness; hardness of heart; coldheartedness; insentient; inanimate
to close (one's eyes); to shut
long bath; staying in the bath for a long time
to have a meal; to take a meal
to telephone; to call in; to ring in; to contact by phone
continuously; throughout; in succession
appreciation (of art, music, poetry, etc.)
fatigue; weariness; exhaustion; tiredness
accumulation; accumulate; store
sleeping comfort or snugness
great difference; major mistake