light (color, colour, taste); simple; plain; frank; candid; ingenuous
emigration and immigration
to push aside; to overcome (e.g. difficulties); to align; to put in order; (arch.) to push open
field of flowers; flower garden; flower bed; field of alpine flowers
antecedents; ancestor; previous position; previous existence; predecessor organization; predecessor organisation
to be suspected without cause
to look downwards (at); to lower one's gaze; to drop one's eyes
to invite in; to show someone in
meal (food, ground grain); Mir (Russian space station); meel; Indian club
appearance; shape; form; atmosphere; look; feel
office worker; salaried worker; white-collar worker
to find a way; to find the time; to try to make oneself available
and yet; though; when; in spite of
to nitpick; to complain about trifles
inveigling; ensnaring; enticement; cajoling
to be precocious; to be mature for one's age; to seem grown-up; to seem mature
tsk tsk; oh-oh; huh; what's that?
to laugh (something) off; to dismiss with a laugh; to pooh-pooh
it's not like; it isn't as if
declaration of independence
rebirth; new birth; nascent
ghost town; deserted village; village without inhabitants
fields and rice paddies that have been abandoned and are no longer cultivated
LOHAS; Lifestyles of Health and Sustainability; market segment made up of ecologically conscious consumers
firm-sided backpack made of leather, etc. (used by Japanese elementary schoolchildren, often red for girls and black for boys)
independence movement; mutually independent
a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step