showy; brilliant; gorgeous; florid; gay
to decline (in prosperity); to become deserted; to become desolate; to taper off (of a sound)
interior design; interior; upholstery
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
counter; service counter (e.g. at a bank); counter (at a bar, cafe, etc.); automatically responding with an upload slot to someone who allows you to download (e.g. in P2P systems)
to greet; to call out (to); to invite; to get in touch (with); to cheer (on); to give vocal support (to)
to rise to the surface; to come to the front; to emerge (e.g. from obscurity); to stand out (e.g. against a dark background)
to become misty; to become hazy; to get blurry; to grow dim; to be overshadowed; to be upstaged
to appear ...; to look like ...; to seem ...; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes
to express (orally); to put into words; to say out loud
(one's) inner voice; voice of one's heart; what one really thinks
to ask a question; to begin to ask a question
if that's the case ...; if so ...; that being the case ...
(please) look; see; (please) try to do
eyes and nose; looks; facial features; shape; form
unevenness; bumpiness; roughness; imbalance; inequality; unevenness
feature; trait; characteristic; peculiarity; distinction
to put effort into; to strain; to put strength into; to put forth effort
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
to insert; to put in (such that there is a snug fit); to have sex; to fuck; to pigeonhole (into a particular category); to place a ring-shaped object around something (esp. one that restricts freedom, such as handcuffs)
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)
to fit; to get into; to be fit for (a job, etc.); to be suited for; to fall into; to plunge into
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
being startled; getting a shock
chest; breast; breasts; bosom; heart; lungs; stomach
to jump; to leap; to break up; to close; to hit (e.g. to have a car hit something or someone)
distrust; mistrust; insincerity; impiety; faithlessness
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
although I say; although one might say; although called
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
curse; spell; malediction
straw doll; straw figure; straw effigy
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...