cheerful; lively; lighthearted
colouring; coloring; sex appeal (esp. of women); sexiness; interest in the opposite sex; sexual feelings; charm
outstanding; excellent; exceptional; preeminence; distinction; extraordinariness
middle of the night; dead of night
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
to hire for exclusive use; to reserve; to charter
horseplay; fooling around
multicolored; multicoloured; of various colors; diverse; of all kinds; all manners of
intimacy; friendship; familiarity
time; season; period; phase; stage
worn-out; shabby; seedy; wrinkled-up; threadbare
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
next term; next period; next version; next release
limitation; restriction; condition; constraints
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
good-for-nothing son; profligate son
wall iris; roof iris; Iris tectorum; fleur-de-lis
memories; recollections; reminiscence
to warp; to curve; to arch; to bend backward (body or body part, e.g. fingers)
quick on the uptake; quick to catch on; perceptive; intuitive
a few years ago; some years back
protegee; someone who one considers as a younger sister
to care for someone; to look after someone
thickheaded; insensitive; dull; thick-skinned
friendly; openhearted; sociable; amiable; good-humored; good-humoured
speck; dot; point; only a little; particle; only one
cloudiness; cloudy weather; fog (on a mirror, glasses, etc.); cloud (e.g. in marble); gloom; dejection
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
judgement; judgment; connoisseur
pastime; hobby; favorite amusement; dissipation; debauchery; loose living
when it becomes; when it comes to
public matter; governmental matter; prince; duke; lord; sir
secondary residence; vacation home; villa
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
beautiful; lovely; heartwarming; beautiful
low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)
picking through garbage; dumpster diving; scavenging rubbish
and various other things; and many others; and all the rest; and so on and so forth
with gusto; with wild abandon; enthusiastically; energetically
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
talent for poetry; poetic genius
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)