modern convenience; convenience of civilized life; blessings of civilization
television; TV; TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast
journal; magazine; periodical
reigning; controlling; dictating
arrival; coming (e.g. something awaited); advent
countries all over the world; all the countries of the world
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
reappearance; reemergence; return; reproduction; reenactment; recreation
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
on good terms with; on cordial terms with; getting along well with; to make friends with; to be good friends with; to get along with
sense of loss; feeling of loss
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
to boil; to heat; to excite; (arch.) to melt (metal)
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
to decorate; to ornament; to display; to exhibit; to mark (e.g. the day with a victory); to adorn (e.g. the front page)
New Year's pine decoration
objet d'art; item of artwork; object; curio
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
dated; date; fixed; external
to slouch; to stoop; to bend forward; to lean forward
if you don't mind; if you like; if you feel up for it; if you're interested
honorific; term of respect; polite expression; honorific language
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
pronunciation; production of sound
poor-quality; shoddy; unskillful; inexpert; unlucky
to be based on; to take into account; to build upon; to have one's feet firmly planted on; to plant oneself on
distinction; differentiation; discrimination; discrimination (against people)
very likely; very probable
to take (someone) out (for a walk, to lunch, etc.); to entice out; to lure away
not necessarily; not entirely; not altogether
one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary
to avoid meeting someone's gaze; to not look someone in the eyes
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
look here; I say; well; I know what; I'll tell you what; just a minute
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement