coloring; colouring; color scheme; colour scheme; (touch of) colour; embellishment
dressing; dressing; putting on clothes
paste (food, text, adhesive, etc.)
hot taste; sharp taste; pungent taste; salty taste
to gnaw; to nibble; to bite; to dabble in; to have a smattering of
to look displeased; to frown; to scowl; to look grave; to look serious
breach of manners; breach of etiquette
to empty; to vacate; to evacuate
alteration; falsification; faking
last week; the week before
to apply correspondingly; to correspond to; to be proportionate to; to conform to
feeling chilly; nervous; anxious; frightened
to be careful; to be discreet; to do in moderation; to refrain (from overdoing); to be reverent; to be purified
half; biracial person (esp. half-Japanese); person of mixed parentage
ordinary person; average person; man in the street; everyman; (a) nobody
to steal; to rob; to deceive; to trick; to graze (in passing); to skim; to appear and quickly disappear (a thought, a smile, etc.)
to go around; to return; to surround; to concern (usu. of disputes)
current; hip; trendy; fashionable; stylish
to not match well (e.g. at the seams); to not mesh properly (of gears); to differ (e.g. of opinions); to clash; to be in conflict (e.g. with the facts)
to slip through; to make one's way through quickly
two people alike; two of a kind; kissing cousins; cut from the same cloth
whispering into a person's ear
sidelong glance; short grain (paper)
relief; aid; help; (religious) salvation; (Christian) grace
efforts; exertion; endeavour; assistance; services
miasma; noxious form of "bad air" formerly believed to cause diseases
teppanyaki (Japanese cooking prepared on a hot steel plate in the center of the table)
stew prepared from ingredients contributed by members of a party, and eaten in the dark for fun
start of work; commencement; opening
to go out of use; to become obsolete; to die out; to become lost (e.g. of dignity); to be sullied
creeping about; stirring restlessly; squirming
cast-off skin (snake, insect, etc.); husk; empty shell; exuvia; exuviae
leftovers (esp. food); remnants
grasping; gripping; handful; fistful; handle; grip; rice ball
personality; individuality; TV personality; celebrity
resemblance; similarity; likeness; analogy