chief seat; seat of honor; seat of honour; head of the table
fondly; admiringly; with fascination; with adoration; with enchantment
seiza; kneeling with the tops of the feet flat on the floor, and sitting on the soles
past middle age; nearing old age; near-elderly; age 40
glance; look; glimpse; complete view; bird's-eye view
superior; first-class; excellent; (that's) just fine!; bring it on!
Japanese clothing; being dressed in a kimono; Japanese-style bookbinding
everyday clothes; ordinary clothes; casual wear; informal dress
to wear (clothes) stylishly; to dress oneself stylishly
to be fickle; to be frivolous; to be flippant; to be flighty; to be giddy; to be restless
nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all
peace (esp. of the world); tranquillity; calm
grave; solemn; serious; harsh (e.g. truth); hard; strict
to put on clothes; to wear clothes; to be the personification of
special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
to become calm; to die down
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
indiscriminately; blindly; at random; indiscriminate; random; excessive
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
to be seen from the point of view of an onlooker
to be overwhelmed; to be overawed
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
white hair; grey hair; gray hair
old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly
to exchange glances; to correspond; to counterbalance
dignity; majesty; solemnity; gravity
to hide; to keep to oneself
still; yet; more; still more; as ...; like ...
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)
lump of ice; block of ice; ice floe
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
suddenly; at once; considerably; very much; firmly; with an effort
abdomen; belly; womb; one's mind; one's real intentions; courage; nerve