in good taste; tasteful; (person) of refined taste; of cultivated tastes
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
clean; hygienic; sanitary; pure; virtuous; immaculate
tea; tea plant (Camellia sinensis); tea preparation; making tea; brown; (arch.) mockery
aroma; fragrance; scent; smell
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement
main question; real issue at hand
to pester someone (e.g. to buy something)
first of all; at once; right away; for now; for the time being
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
to make a sound; to give off a sound; to hear a sound
in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of
inviting another to one's home, office, etc.; (lit.) the trouble of coming (going)
sweetly smiling; like the smiling of a beauty; gracious
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
to feel around for; to fumble for; to investigate; to probe into; to explore (parts unknown); to enjoy (natural beauty)
story; tale; talk; discussion
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
stale; hackneyed; cliched
laughing at an inappropriate time; not being able to hold back one's laughter; scornful laughter; snicker; snigger
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
loose; lenient; lax; gentle (curve, slope, etc.); slow; weak; soft
to join together; to combine; to join up
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape)
crackling; cracking; clapping; incessantly (blinking)
blink (of eyes); wink; twinkling (of stars); flicker (of light); blink (of light)
that's the way it is; such is life
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)
until now; so far; up to the present
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen