absurdity; contradiction; incoherence; irrelevance
distant view; looking from a distance; good long distance vision; farsightedness
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
half out of interest; mostly out of curiosity
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
literally; to the letter; literal
indescribable; having no way to express
feel (of a material); texture
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
(not) at all; (not) in the least; (none) whatsoever
halo; angel ring; glow of freshly washed or treated hair
three times (as much); treble; triple; threefold
to avert one's eyes; to avoid looking straight at something; to cover one's eyes
different person; another person; someone else; changed man
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
dramatic; exciting; touching; extreme
before and after (e.g. photos)
jello (gelatin-based dessert); jelly; gel; jelly
to harden; to solidify; to become firm; to become certain; to gather (together); to assemble
plain; field; hidden (structural) member; wild; lacking a political post
raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); live (i.e. not recorded); inexperienced
again; once more; a second time
performer; entertainer; celebrity
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
to feel like it; to get to think that way; to become so minded
adaptation; accommodation; conformity
Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)
amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity
store interior; inside of a shop
vivid; brightly colored; brilliant; radiant
eyes sparkling; with shining eyes; for one's eyes to gleam
smartly dressed; stylish; someone smartly dressed; to dress up; to be fashionable
durian (fruit); Dorian (mode, column)
privately run store; one-man business; mom-and-pop store
(a) stop (e.g. in a timber joint, or at the end of a kanji stroke); remaining (e.g. poste-restante); forty-five degree angle