clean; clear; pure; honest; clean
posture; pose; position; attitude; approach; stance
endurance; perseverance; patience
not worrying about one's reputation or appearance; not caring what others think
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
cool; calm; composed; all right; fine; OK
make-up; makeup; cosmetics; decoration; dressing; veneer
back-to-back (e.g. home runs); dual (e.g. victory); tandem (e.g. flight); (romantic) couple
daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period
to make out; to neck; to canoodle; to fondle each other; to flirt (with)
place to look (esp. when averting one's eyes)
dead language; extinct language; obsolete word; dated word; word that has become passé
(power of) understanding; comprehensive faculty
judgment; judgement; discernment
individual; private person; personal; natural person
to run (a business); to operate; to carry out; to perform; to hold (a Buddhist or Shinto ceremony)
environment; surroundings; circumstances
considerably; not a little; in no small numbers
north-east; Tōhoku (northernmost six prefectures of Honshu); Tohoku
Iwate Prefecture (Tōhoku area)
pure; genuine; trueborn; natural-born
(true) Tokyoite; Edoite; Tokyo native; Edokko
soup containing rice cakes and vegetables (New Year's dish)
trivial; trifling; slight; insignificant
absolutely; definitely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
salmon (Salmonidae spp.); chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta); dog salmon
happy; auspicious; propitious; naive
to taste; to savor; to appreciate; to enjoy; to experience; to go through
soup containing rice cakes and vegetables (New Year's dish)
smelling of fish; fishy; degenerate (of a monk); depraved; worldly; mundane
objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument
to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively
to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded
personal; individual; private
gauge; standard; length; size; (measuring) rule; scale
world; society; people; the public
overdependence (on others; usu. one's fosterers or seniors); lack of self-reliance; presumed acceptance (of one's behaviour); presumed benevolence; attention-seeking (behavior)
inside; interior; inner part
relatives; one's family; friends; members of the same organization; followers; henchmen
exterior; outside; outer; external; lateral
narrow; tight; formal; stiff; constrained; uncomfortable
to try (out); to have a try (at); to test; to put to the test
world; society; people; the public
to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)