to look old; to become musty; to wear out
structural alteration (of a building); reconstruction; rebuilding; remodelling; remodeling
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
please don't fuss over me; don't go to any trouble; don't bother
busy (phone); in talks; discussion underway
pitch; tone; time; tempo; mood; tendency
firmly; solidly; sturdily; strongly; toughly
grave; solemn; stern; authoritative; hard (e.g. fact)
(facial) expression (esp. fierce, fearless, sinister, etc.); look
clanging; empty; deserted
belonging to (a group, organization, etc.); affiliation (with); being attached to; being under the control of
in appearance; to look at; judging from appearances
cheating at pachinko (for monetary gain; through illegal tampering with the machines, etc.); scamming a pachinko parlor
sense of orientation; sense of direction
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
characteristic (of); peculiar (to)
odour; odor; scent; aura; whiff; smacks of ...
dull sound; muffled sound
other side; opposite side; other party
echo; reverberation; response; reaction; repercussions
to make a sound; to give off a sound; to hear a sound
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
sense of unity; sense of oneness
people; men and women; each person; everybody
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
to torment; to pain; to inflict (physical) pain; to harass; to cause (emotional) pain; to afflict
religious painting; religious picture
to paint (draw) a picture
to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie
to be dark; to be dull; to be unassuming; to be inconspicuous; to not stand out
Chinese classical writing; Chinese classics; writing composed entirely of kanji
(in Japanese architecture) transom
to cut down; to chop down; to fell
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
contortion; distortion; warp; kink (in one's character); twist
six of one, half a dozen of the other; scant difference
wardrobe (esp. for Western clothes); chest of drawers; clothespress; dresser; tallboy