paint; coloring materials; colors; colours
to be enlivened; to be exhilarated
way of speaking; intimation
person being waited for; person who waits
attendance; participation; presence
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
to paint over; to paint out; to fill in; to cover completely (with paint)
finely chiseled (features)
past middle age; nearing old age; near-elderly; age 40
to (call and) stop; to call (someone) to stop; to hail (e.g. a taxi)
it's been a long time; long time no see
special someone; special person; precious one; significant other
garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area
to come near; to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to; to overhang; to hang over
attending someone through the night (guard, nurse); act of a woman sleeping with a man (at his bidding); keeping overnight vigil over body before burial
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
end; verge; extremity; miss; failure; blank (e.g. lottery ticket)
to grow fat; to gain weight; to grow fertile; to be refined (palate); to be discerning (eye, ear); to become rich
one turn; spinning around; complete change; reversal; (an) about-face
absolutely; unconditionally; never (with neg. verb)
to cling to; to depend on; to embrace; to hug
vague; fuzzy; elusive; slippery
to slip through; to make one's way through quickly
reflective water surface; reflecting water
mirror; looking-glass; barrel head; page added at the beginning of a document mentioning its purpose, date, author, etc.; mirror-shaped mochi
quizzical; puzzled; inquisitive; suspicious; doubtful
to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat
to come into contact with; to touch (each other); to have a brush with
dazzling; glaring; dazzlingly beautiful
flash (of light); glint; schiller
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
to pierce through; to break through
as before; as ever; as it was originally
to break off; to come to an end; to be interrupted; to be cut short; to pause
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement