trivial; not amounting to much
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
harmonious; peaceful; congenial; friendly; happy
atmosphere; mood; a certain air; presence; (Earth's) atmosphere
to get; to obtain; to come by; to find
immersing oneself in; being absorbed in; devoting oneself to; giving oneself up entirely to
consequence; outcome; result; blame
coworker; co-worker; colleague; associate
lover; sweetheart; boyfriend; girlfriend
slightly; lightly; thinly; faintly; dimly
order (for an item); request; demand; condition
pudding (esp. custard); black hair dyed blond but where the roots have again turned black
nonsensical; unreasonable; awfully; extremely; disorder; confusion
to place one's arm around each other's shoulders; to join shoulders
to make someone drink; to force someone to drink; to serve (alcohol); to treat someone (to drinks); to be drinkable (esp. of alcohol); to be palatable
this and that; various things
to become animated; to liven up; to become active
wharf; quay; landing-stage; jetty
dozens; scores of; decades
light; illumination; glow; lamp; light
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
... being the case; (precisely) because ...; as might be expected from ...
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
uncertain; vague; ambiguous
which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon
good flavor; good flavour; delicacy; dainty
spiny lobster (esp. Japanese spiny lobster, Panulirus japonicus)
pilchard (esp. Japanese pilchard, Sardinops melanostictus); sardine
shellfish; seashell; shell
seafood seasoned with salt and sake then steamed
to show off; to make a display (e.g. of wealth)
carefully; attentively; profoundly; deeply; at length
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth
to turn back; to go back; to come back; to return; to retrace one's steps
to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for
bleeding; haemorrhage; hemorrhage; bleeding money; red ink; selling below cost
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint