glazing; fitting with glass; transparency; openness; lack of secrecy
open; spacious; extensive
comfortable; easy; calm; loose; spacious
entertainment (of guests; esp. in the corporate world); treating (to food and drinks); wining and dining
foreign country; other country; another province; strange land; alien land
to smile (at); to grin (at)
dealing with (people, customers, complaints, etc.); receiving (callers, visitors, etc.); attending to; handling; serving
amiability; friendliness; fondness (of someone); affection; compliments; civilities
since long ago; already; for quite a while; for some time now
generation; lifetime; age
remote region; frontier (district); border(land)
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
to settle down; to get a steady job; to marry and raise a family; to attire oneself; to outfit oneself
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
forced laugh; forced smile
to paste; to stick; to affix; to station; to post
to be completely absorbed in; to fall for (something)
use; utilization; utilisation; application
to be reflected; to harmonize with (harmonise); to come out (photo); to be projected; to be displayed (on a screen)
rubbing the wrong way (e.g. a cat); irritating
commitment; pledge; promise
powerful person; influential person
unripe; green; inexperienced; immature; unskilled
for now; for the time being; for the present; though not quite satisfactorily; after a fashion
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
relatives; one's family; friends; members of the same organization; followers; henchmen
scale (of fish, snake, etc.); serif (on kana or kanji (e.g. in Mincho font))
to coil about; to follow about; to surround; to cling to
consciousness; becoming aware (of); awareness; mano-vijnana (mental consciousness, cognizer of sensory information)
explanation; commentary; exposition; elucidation
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
spirit world; underworld; the next world
festival; feast; carnival
to cut into (a line, conversation, etc.); to force oneself into (e.g. a crowd); to wedge oneself into; to fall below (of stock prices, sales, etc.); to drop below
voltage; excitement; enthusiasm
to pull into; to draw in; to bring in; to win over
back; rear; background; behind the scenes
to chase; to run after; to pursue
complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)