tone color; tone colour; tone quality; timbre
suitable time; good time; propriety; moderation
to clear up; to clear away; to refresh (e.g. spirits); to be cleared (e.g. of a suspicion); to be dispelled; to be banished
place; situation; position; location
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
document; official papers
crevice; crack; spare moment; interval; chink (in one's armor, armour); unpreparedness
to insert; to put in; to have a griping pain; to flow in; to shine in
to shine on; to illuminate; to compare (with); to refer to
halo; angel ring; glow of freshly washed or treated hair
perfectly; right on the mark; spot on; enough; sufficiently; thoroughly
to knit; to plait; to braid; to compile (anthology, dictionary, etc.); to edit
with a rustling sound; rippling (of a stream, etc.); murmuring; slurping down (ochazuke); quickly and easily (e.g. write a letter); with ease
to comb (out); to card; to untangle (hair)
lovely; wonderful; nice; great; fantastic; superb
to touch; to feel; to get involved (with); to approach; to be harmful to; to hinder
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
how; in what way; circumstances
popular name; common name; given name
standing on formality; in a reserved manner; treating a friend as a stranger; unduly distant; formal
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
to fuss over; to be particular about; to be obsessive about; to be fixated on; to obstruct; to hinder
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
to start with the looks; to get the trappings right as the first step; to start (at the wrong end) by focusing on the superficial
playing at (something); game of make-believe; something done together
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency
to grant (request, wish); to answer (prayer); to fulfill (conditions); to meet (requirements)
service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services
man; male; masculine gender
intended for ...; oriented towards ...; aimed at ...
woman; female; feminine gender
as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively
to stare at each other; to lock eyes with
barefaced (e.g. lie); shameless; transparent; pure white; very clear