scene; sight; scenario; setting
to fall completely silent; to become still as death
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)
waiting on a table; serving (at dinner); waiter; waitress; office boy; office girl
and yet; even so; nonetheless; for all that
equipment; device; installation; stage setting
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
boorish; unsophisticated; unrefined; uncouth; tasteless; insensitive
chair; stool; post; office; position
leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle
plunking (down something heavy); flumping (into a chair)
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful
to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute
why; oh; no!; quit it!; stop!
please; somehow or other; one way or another
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state
wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years
Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)
inside the breast of one's clothing (esp. kimono); bosom; space between one's chest and outstretched arms; (one's) reach; heart (e.g. of a mountain); bosom (e.g. of nature)
rich in ...; high in ...; full of ...; very ...; quite ...
to become stiff (of muscles); to get absorbed in; to develop a passion for; to be elaborate; to be intricate
tailoring; dressmaking; sewing; making; preparation
cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet
to put on clothes; to wear clothes; to be the personification of
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
that's the way it is; such is life
(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means
imagination; supposition; guess
to keep company; to look after; to entertain; to play (a game) with
to weigh on one's mind; to bother one; to be interested (in); to be curious (about); to feel like (doing); to feel inclined to
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
shadow; silhouette; reflection; image; ominous sign; light (stars, moon)
order (for an item); request; demand; condition