root; source; origin; cause
first match (in a series)
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting; overcoming; exceeding; passing
cola (carbonated soft drink); kola tree (Cola acuminata, etc.); cola tree
glass (drinking vessel); glass (material); glasses (eyewear)
sour look; surly face; pout
high-rise (building); multistory; multistoried; high (altitude); upper (atmosphere, air current, etc.)
condominium (usu. mid or high-rise); apartment building; apartment house; block of flats; apartment; flat
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)
interior design; interior; upholstery
basic tone; underlying tone; trend; keynote
partition; division; settlement of accounts; preliminary warm-up ritual; toeing the mark; directing
opening (a new store, golf course, runway, etc.); open; frank; open (car, collar, tournament, etc.)
flat; level; flat (e.g. in 10 seconds flat); exactly; flat; flat
eat-in kitchen; combination kitchen-dining room
separate room; another room; special room; (arch.) concubine (of a noble)
living; lifestyle; living room
one face; one surface; the whole surface; one aspect; one side; (on) the other hand; one broad, flat object
boy; son; baby boy; young man
lovely; wonderful; nice; great; fantastic; superb
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
lightly (floating, drifting, etc.); buoyantly; soft; fluffy; unsteadily; flightily
sound of something making firm contact with a flat surface
living by oneself; living alone
to like; to prefer; to be pleased by
to come together; to merge; to fit; to match; to be profitable; to be equitable
Japanese person; Japanese people
but I suppose; it seems; probably; I guess
seiza; kneeling with the tops of the feet flat on the floor, and sitting on the soles
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
forever; for good; eternally; as long as one likes; indefinitely; no matter what
school rules; school regulations
home area; home town; local
to say something is all right; to give the all-clear (e.g. to do something)