looking for a particular person or thing; searching high and low; hunting for; picking out; singling out
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
wealthy; rich; affluent; well-off
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
mid-stream; middle course; middle class
merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper
all over; all over the place; everywhere
clean; hygienic; sanitary; pure; virtuous; immaculate
to be put in order; to be put to rights; to be disposed of; to be solved; to be finished; to be married (off)
roughly; approximately; round about; cursorily; briefly; quickly
in appearance; to look at; judging from appearances
to (an extent); up to; doesn't amount to doing ...; not significant enough to require ...; even if ...
in good taste; tasteful; (person) of refined taste; of cultivated tastes
to collect; to gather; to arrange; to put in order; to make uniform; to make even
to polish; to shine; to brush (e.g. teeth); to refine (e.g. a skill); to improve; to cultivate
indication; sign; hint; tone (of the market)
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
happiness; well-being; joy; welfare; blessedness
sentiment; sentimentality
noisily (esp. the noise of heavy feet)
to walk about; to walk around; to walk to and fro; to pace around; to wander
to open wide (doors, windows, etc.); to fling open
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
room; wife (of someone of high rank); scabbard; Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to turn back; to go back; to come back; to return; to retrace one's steps
to dress stylishly; to joke; to play on words
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
complete set; all; everything
shrewdly; smartly; calculatingly; astutely; cunningly
wearing (e.g. uniform, seat belt); having on
to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract
bowstring; string (of shamisen, guitar, violin, etc.); bail (arched pot handle); diagonal levelling wire across the top of a masu
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
clothes; clothing; garments
to put on; to wear; to be clad in; to twine around; to twist around; to coil around
to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
crude; rough; plain; humble; shabby
entrance; entry; gate; approach; mouth
to crouch; to squat; to cower
small child; pipsqueak; short person; midget; small animal; runt