light; faint; pale; fleeting
colour usage; color usage; use of colour
illustration; picture; sketch; drawing; figure
beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)
complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
colour; color; hue; tints
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
fantastic; magical; wondrous; whimsical; fairytale-like; romantic
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
almost every day; almost daily
supernatural phenomenon; paranormal phenomenon; anomalous phenomenon
artificial; unnatural; human-caused (e.g. mistake, error, disaster); man-made
to remove; to deinstall; to take away; to set apart
bedside; near one's pillow
to play an instrument (esp. string instruments); to dance
arrival (of post, news, correspondence, etc.); receiving (a phone call, email, etc.)
uneasiness; vague apprehension; premonition
telephone call; speaking over the telephone; (Internet) voice call; counter for telephone calls of a set duration
chores; odd jobs; miscellaneous affairs; miscellaneous expenses
leaving a decision to someone else (often of a meal to be selected by the chef); omakase
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
romantic; spicy; coquettish
in fact; as a matter of fact; actually; in reality; to tell the truth
serious; not joking; straight
frivolous; flippant; superficial; shallow; trifling; insincere
to crack (person's voice); to squeak
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
revival; resuscitation; revitalization; rejuvenation; regeneration
first thing in the morning
analysis; analytical study; parsing; parse
serious; severe; grave; acute
ringleader; mastermind; leader (of a plot)
to cross one's mind; to occur to one
downy hair; down; vellus hair; lanugo
to stand on end; to bristle up; to be ruffled
using freely; making full use of; having a good command of; working (someone) hard; driving (someone) on
preliminary arrangements; spade work