lovely; wonderful; nice; great; fantastic; superb
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
reward; compensation; collateral; security; turning to look behind
comprehensive; composite; all-embracing
no!; no no!; no, not at all
self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself
profit; advantage; benefit; rebirth in paradise, entering nirvana
to have a feeling (that); to have a sensation (that)
to look up (at); to look up to; to respect; to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to depend on
painful; heartrending; trying; oppressive; suffocating; miserable
to wait expectantly; to await in anticipation
threat; intimidation; menace
everyday; daily; ordinary; usual; routine; regular
what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?
the New Year begins; the New Year starts
general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different
happy; auspicious; propitious; naive
everyday clothes; ordinary clothes; casual wear; informal dress
basic tone; underlying tone; trend; keynote
gradation; gradation haircut; taper
kimono; Japanese traditional clothing (esp. full-length); clothing; clothes
obi; kimono sash; paper wrapper on books, CDs, etc.; band; belt; cingulum
accent (on a syllable, word); stress; intonation; inflection; (language) accent (e.g. American, British); accent (e.g. in a design)
first shrine visit of New Year
New Year's gift (usu. money given to a child by relatives and visitors)
polite; respectful; reverent
every month; each month; monthly
excess or deficiency; too much or too little
to (an extent); up to; doesn't amount to doing ...; not significant enough to require ...; even if ...
to freeze to; to be frozen to; to freeze in place; to be still
murmur; mutter; murmuring; tweet; Twitter post
unmarried woman; Miss; -ess; -ette
platform; podium; (ceremonial) mound; world (of haiku, art, etc.); (literary) circles; (arch.) mandala
the staff; inside the department