in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
formal marriage interview
than; from; out of; except; but; more
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
cool; chilly; feeling nice and cold
air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
to wrap up; to pack; to cover; to envelop; to conceal (a feeling); to hide
red; crimson; Red; communist; (arch.) beautiful
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
clanging; empty; deserted
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
frame (e.g. picture frame, decorative door frame, etc.)
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
paper lantern; Chinese lantern; Japanese lantern
to shine; to glitter; to sparkle
alley; alleyway; teahouse garden; path through a gate (or through a garden, etc.)
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
inner part; inside; interior; depths (e.g. of a forest); back (of a house, drawer, etc.); bottom (e.g. of one's heart)
yukata (light cotton kimono worn in the summer or used as a bathrobe)
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
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)
in comparison to; rather than
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
youthful; young; young-looking