basic tone; underlying tone; trend; keynote
light; well-lit; bright (of a colour); brightly-coloured; cheerful; bright; encouraging (for the future of a project, etc.)
interior design; interior; upholstery
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
man; male; masculine gender
to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart
just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
to recall; to remember; to recollect
while; even though; despite
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
corridor; hallway; passageway
to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
seiza; kneeling with the tops of the feet flat on the floor, and sitting on the soles
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
surprise; astonishment; wonder; amazement
facial expression; countenance; look; appearance; expression (vocal, etc.)
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
can do nothing but (do); cannot help (doing) something
chief seat; seat of honor; seat of honour; head of the table
lowest seat; foot of the table; seat furthest from the seat of honour; lowest rank; bottom (e.g. of the class)
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
there; over there; genitals; private parts; that far; that much
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
next; hypo- (i.e. containing an element with low valence); order; sequence
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
to scream; to whine; to grumble; to complain
long kimono; ankle-length traditional Japanese garment
hakama; man's formal divided skirt