good outward appearance; looking nice; being attractive; making a fine show
altitude; height; elevation; high-degree; high-grade; advanced
unit; denomination; credit (in school); in units of (e.g. "in thousands"); in amounts of
spectators; onlookers; members of the audience
to crowd (a house); to throng to (a door)
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)
counter for birds, rabbits, etc.
department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category
flapping sound (of wings); fluttering; hum (of insects); whizz (of a flying arrow); whoosh
(coming to a) mutual understanding; understanding each other
uncomfortable; ill at ease; not feel at home
to swallow (e.g. a story); to accept without questioning; to swallow (food) whole; to gobble up; to gulp down
to be filled with grief; to be overcome with sorrow
disaster; accident; shipwreck; distress
not necessarily; not entirely; not altogether
elaborate; delicate; exquisite
empirical; from experience
near-death; close to death
anciently; formerly; old times; a long time ago
loitering; roaming; sauntering; wandering about; prowling
meaning; connotation; denotation
to reason; to sum up; to conclude
plot; intrigue; scheme; conspiracy; agreement between two or more people to commit an unlawful act
circuitous; roundabout; indirect
accent (of one's speech); dialect; provincialism; corrupted form (e.g. of word); mispronunciation
complete change; reform; restoration; remodeling; remodelling; renewal
fence; paling; railing; (arch.) fortress
extremely dangerous; full of peril
viewing and treating as one; regarding as the same; equating one thing with another; identification
the most; the best; peerless; the greatest; first-rate
libel; defamation; slander; character assassination
every evening; night after night
doubt; misgivings; distrust; suspicion
passing each other; missing (meeting) each other; failing to meet; (being at) cross purposes; discrepancy