glazing; fitting with glass; transparency; openness; lack of secrecy
minimum; at the very least
scenery; scene; landscape
one sweep (of the eye); sweeping view; unbroken view
arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition; configuration
still; yet; more; still more; as ...; like ...
recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement
restaurant (esp. Western-style)
accounting; finance; bill (at a restaurant); check; accountant; treasurer
splitting the cost; Dutch treat
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
to give (someone) a treat; to be extravagant; to live luxuriously; to be proud; to be haughty
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
to save face; to show deference; to make someone look good
unexpectedly; surprisingly
air of luxury; high class feel
to drift; to float; to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air; to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood); to wander; to walk around aimlessly
defeat; loss; reverse; setback
coworker; co-worker; colleague; associate
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
to have a talk; to tell a story
to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
detailed; full; minute; knowing very well; knowledgeable (about); well-acquainted (with)
love of; affection for; enthusiast for; being attractive to; being liked by
human relations; personal relationships
to be blessed with; to be rich in; to abound in
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
the same kind; accomplice; partner
hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking
marriageable age; chance of marriage
to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to set free; to let go; to fail to ...
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (somebody)
one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point
self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself
sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity