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whispering into a person's ear

4

sense of beauty; aesthetic sense

1

mumbling; chewing one's words; chewing (food); squirming; wriggling

1

to hesitate to say; to mumble; to hem and haw; to falter

1

viewing as ...; seeing as ...; treating as ...; regarding as ...

1

to be ready; to be prepared; to be in order; to be put in order; to be adjusted; to be regulated

1

tablecloth

1

Japanese, Chinese and Western (e.g. when referring to food styles available, etc.)

1

cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration

2

dessert; desert

2

white clothes; white robe; white gown (worn by doctors, chemists, etc.); commoner without rank (in ancient China); layperson

1

waiting on a table; serving (at dinner); waiter; waitress; office boy; office girl

1

control; management (e.g. of a business)

1

Viking; smorgasbord; buffet; smorgasbord (of things); hodge-podge

1

form (as opposed to substance); formality; method; system; format; mode

1

simple; plain

4

dress

2

familiar; well-known; regular (e.g. customer); old stand-by

1

every person; each one; everybody

1

to close; to shut

1

tuxedo; dinner suit

1

jeans; denim; jean

1

shirt (undergarment); undershirt; singlet; shirt (outerwear; usu. with collar and buttons)

2

dress; outfit

1

house party; stayover

1

(women's) two piece suit

2

to miss one's chance to say; to fail to mention

1

taste (in fashion, music, etc.); sense (e.g. of humour); flair

1

Champagne

2

host (of a party, summit, etc.); host (of male host club)

1

role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role

3

to change one's clothes

3

to relax; to feel at home

1

counter for flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper); (arch.) counter for positions or roles; (arch.) counter for food portions (now only gyōza and soba); counter for ranking level

4

oblong; vertical writing style (e.g. on envelopes); portrait orientation

1

rectangle; oblong

1

limply

1

to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters); to bundle; to govern; to manage; to fold (one's arms); to put together (one's hands)

1

tall and thin; long and thin; lanky; spindly; gangly

1

neutrality (incl. chemical, electrical, etc.); indifference; sexlessness; androgyny; neuter gender

1

to quit (a shady business); to wash one's hands of; to cut one's ties with; to wash one's feet

1

art gallery (esp. artworks for sale); picture gallery

1

to paint (draw) a picture

5

pluralizing suffix

4

since; henceforth

1

which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who

2

evening

2

one day; all day (long); throughout the day; first day of the month

3

four; four years of age; ten o'clock (old time system); Burakumin; cross grips

4

time; (the) hour; favourable time; opportunity; chance

3