thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
congratulation; congratulations; celebration; congratulatory gift; present
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
talk; conversation; dialogue
beneficial; profitable; useful; helpful; instructive
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
unsociable; unfriendly; blunt; surly; curt; cold
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction
(not) always; (not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) all
personality; character; individuality; personhood
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
to be hesitant; to feel timid
to hold one's tongue; to shut up
quick; swift; nimble; quick (understanding, judgement, etc.); alert; prompt
waiting on a table; serving (at dinner); waiter; waitress; office boy; office girl
bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system)
bamboo screen; rattan blind
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
all present; all concerned; all of us
scene; view; prospect; outlook
already completed (arrived, happened, etc.)
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
to extend; to stretch out; to attend; to participate in; to enrol; to enroll
beyond; across; the other side; the distance
innumerable; countless; numberless
light; illumination; glow; lamp; light
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
to blink (one's eyes); to wink; to bat; to twinkle (e.g. stars); to flicker; to waver
to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for
ripple (on water); wavelets; ripple (e.g. of uneasiness); unrest; disturbance
(rock) crystal; high purity quartz
bamboo screen; rattan blind; bamboo mat (for rolling sushi)
to do earnestly; to get serious
bits and pieces; frizzily (as in perm)
to push aside; to shove aside; to rake away (leaves)
guest of honour; guest of honor; privileged guest; visitor
partaking; participating; taking part in; sharing (something with someone)
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside
female dancer; dancing girl; danseuse