proposal; proposition; suggestion
atmosphere; air; magnanimity; generosity
to rub against; to chafe; to quarrel
to worry about (someone's welfare or comfort); to feel anxious about; to have apprehensions of
to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up
fossil; petrifaction; petrification; fossilization
to put on clothes; to wear clothes; to be the personification of
plating (chrome, gold, silver, etc.); coating; gilding; pretense; pretence; simulation
mask; disguise; guise; mask
seriously; in earnest; for real; all out; really; with a will
violent emotion; passion; fury
happy memory; sweet memory
farewell; adieu; goodbye; so long
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
to go through; to pass through; to get through; to cut across
maintenance; servicing; putting in place; establishment; development
(raised) footpath between rice fields; ridge between rice fields
townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street
the country; countryside; rural districts; cultivated land; fields
alternately; by turns; one after the other
minitruck; light truck; small truck; light pickup
imported vehicle; foreign car
to fail; to blunder; to make a mess; to drink up; to eat up
rod; pole; neck (of a shamisen, etc.); shamisen; beam (i.e. the crossbar of a balance); single line (esp. as a flying formation for geese); penis
loser; failure; underdog; unmarried and childless older woman
to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to swing
taste (in fashion, music, etc.); sense (e.g. of humour); flair
to take; to catch; to capture
to stand, walk, etc. shoulder-to-shoulder; to be on a par with
honest to a fault; foolishly honest; naively honest
essential; important; crucial; vital; main
master; teacher; stable master
behind; in the rear; in back
location (e.g. of film shoot); remote (shoot at a remote location)
to fall into ruin; to be desolated
to be erected; to be built
estrangement; alienation; disaffection
proving ground; test site
old family; old-established family; one's old home; one's childhood home
arrangement; preparations; search (by police)