congress; parliament; diet; legislative assembly
district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society
hateful; detestable; loathsome
(with a) slamming noise (door, telephone receiver); (with a) banging noise; (with a) clash (broken dish); (with a) clank; (with a) bang
porcelain (esp. soft-paste porcelain); china; chinaware; earthenware; pottery; ceramics
confections; sweets; candy; cake
with all one's strength; with might and main; as hard as one can
to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid
to look around; to look towards (us)
party; group; troop; one act; one action; one deed
to fall to one's knees; to go down on one's knees (e.g. to express respect)
to (make something) quiver; to shake; to tremble; to vibrate
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
to spill; to fall out of; to peek through; to become visible (although normally not); to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)
artificial product; man-made product; fiction; made-up story; decoration (e.g. for a festival); theatrical prop (esp. a large prop in noh or kyogen, e.g. tree, well, boat)
to show signs of ...; to have the appearance of ...
to be shy; to be bashful; to look shy
cruelty; hard-heartedness
common occurrence; everyday occurrence; not an uncommon case; normal thing; everyday affair
(poor) treatment; (bad) behavior; behaviour; action; act
to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for
calculation; self-interest; selfishness
to be flabbergasted; to be dumbfounded
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; storm (e.g. of protest)
efficiently; skillfully; adeptly; adroitly; deftly
smallish; on the small side
to dish up; to arrange food (on a plate)
distant (from someone); aloof; estranged; knowing little (of); ill-informed (about); ignorant (of)
setting; installing; setting up (meeting, conference, etc.); stage setting; setting (of a novel, movie, play, etc.)
living room (Western style); sitting room