pleasant; delightful; enjoyable; joyful; cheerful; amusing
courageous; brave; bold; valiant
high-pitched tone; soprano
what is to be done?; what should (I) do?; what (am I) to do?
white; unseasoned; undyed; very much; precisely; playing dumb
personal history; curriculum vitae; resume
barbarian tribe; savage tribe
section (e.g. in a newspaper); column; field (in a form, web page, etc.); blank; handrail; railing
series; sequence; keiretsu (group); conglomeration of businesses linked by cross-shareholdings; affiliated; subsidiary
(political) administration; political power
interim government; provisional government; caretaker government
self-government; autonomy; local (governmental) autonomy
business trip; official trip
people; race; nation; ethnic group; ethnos
religion; religious affiliation; belief; religious activity
to snarl (at each other); to growl (angrily); to quarrel; to fight; to argue
to do something by choice; to like; to be fond of
to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to go down (sun); to wane; to sink
to put clothes on (someone); to dress; to cover; to coat; to pin (e.g. a crime on someone); to lay (blame)
suspicion will raise bogies; once you suspect something, everything else will look suspicious; jumping at shadows
tranquil; calm; restful; peaceful; quiet
anyway; by the way; incidentally; well; to change the subject
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
to act timid (about doing); to show diffidence; to feel ashamed; to feel guilty
great achievement; great feat; great work; great undertaking
opposite; reverse; contrary
troublesome; bothersome; tiresome; annoying
to read the situation; to sense the mood
to breathe (heavily); to pant; to gasp; to live
commonplace (of people or animals); ordinary; typical; ubiquitous; run-of-the-mill; found around every corner
heartbreak; grief; sorrow
abundant (grain) crop; good harvest
ripening (of a crop); crop; harvest
to mix with; to be mixed; to be mingled
to go up in smoke; to burn down; to be cremated; to vanish into thin air
feel (of a material); texture
to strain one's eyes; to look closely; to stare at
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull