organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
drawing room; parlor; parlour; guest room
appetizer; starter; hors d'oeuvre
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
dangerous person; security risk; loose cannon
guest room (at a hotel); guest cabin (on a boat); passenger cabin (on a plane); drawing room
loungewear; comfortable clothing worn at home
in regard to; concerning (usu. of disputes)
evening; night; nighttime
appearance; air; condition; state; form
what's the matter?; what's wrong?
to pass (of time); to elapse
with profound (often hidden) meaning; pregnant with significance; meaningful; suggestive; interesting
to try and do something; to attempt to do something
spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)
to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to absorb; to soak up
beat; palpitation; pulsation; throbbing
to reach; to get to; to arrive at
hypothesis; supposition; assumption
not the norm; foolish; stupid
phantom; vision; illusion
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)
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
to vomit; to throw up; to emit; to send forth; to give (an opinion); to make (a comment)
year in, year out; always; 24-7
not necessarily so; is not always true
to paw (at) the ground; to struggle (using one's arms and legs); to flounder; to struggle (to escape an adverse situation); to strive
... years since construction; ... years old (of a building); built in ...
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
counter seat; seat at the counter
past middle age; nearing old age; near-elderly; age 40
to master (a skill); proprietor; manager; leader; chief; master (of arts, science, etc.); master (recording)
plate; dish; serving; helping; kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)