cloth; fabric; dough; batter; inherent quality; one's true character; unglazed pottery
shade; tone; tinge; hue; colour; color
vague; obscure; indistinct; hazy; ambiguous
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
(non-documentary) television series; TV drama; teledrama; drama; dramatic incident; spectacle
person concerned; interested party; related party
being excluded; being ignored; being kept in the dark (about); being kept out of the loop; (lit.) outside the mosquito net
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
almost; roughly; approximately
consideration; examination; investigation; study; scrutiny; discussion
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
meeting; greeting; welcome
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
group; party; team; squad; section
receiving; welcoming; going to meet; final call; call of fate; approach of death
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout
steward; butler; court official; deacon (Anglican, Lutheran, etc.)
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
remnant; residue; remaining; left-over
two persons; two people; pair; couple
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
movement; move; motion; trend; development; change
space; interval; space character; whitespace
grasp; catch; understanding
order (esp. to a number of people); command; ritual of bowing at start and end of school class
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
to dance (orig. a hopping dance)
punctually; on time; as regularly as a clock
adjustment; regulation; coordination; reconciliation; tuning; fixing
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate