appearance; shape; form; atmosphere; look; feel
production (e.g. play); direction
failure; collapse; breakdown; break-up; bankruptcy
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress; (arch.) entertaining someone as one's guest
arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition; configuration
to dye; to colour; to color
artificial; man-made; imitation; synthetic
cheerful; jovial; weather; season; spirit of yang
positive reaction (to medical test)
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
to close one's eyes partly; to squint; to smile with one's whole face; to look fondly at
to meet (by chance); to come across; to run across; to encounter; to happen upon
(how) many times; (how) often
keenly; deeply; calmly; quietly; fixedly (e.g. gazing, staring)
tone (of voice); parlance; style; intonation; accent
ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious
sense of sound; sense of pitch
to perceive; to sense; to take in; to grasp; to feel
peak period; pinnacle; prime; zenith; glory days
equal; identical; the same; no different (to); just like; equivalent
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
happy; auspicious; propitious; naive
becoming a mere shell; becoming a dead letter; losing (one's) substance; being reduced to a formality
in one's hands; in one's control
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
continuation; persisting; lasting; sustaining; enduring
forever; for good; eternally; as long as one likes; indefinitely; no matter what
inner thoughts; real intention; at heart; deep down; inner center (centre)
muddy; covered with mud; mud-caked
manly spirit; soul of a samurai
piece; fragment; one (object)
hustle and bustle; throng; crowd; congestion; traffic jam
from the area (e.g. person or goods); local trader; local merchant; street tough; hoodlum controlling a territory (e.g. red light district, amusement area)
to become settled; to be fixed
pretending to respect someone while in fact staying distant; keeping at arm's length; avoiding (something unpleasant); shying away from; giving the batter an "intentional walk"
best time for (corn, etc.); season (for fruit, etc.)
on purpose; deliberately; intentionally
for a while; for some time; for a period
to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid