solemn (ceremony, atmosphere, etc.); austere; grave; majestic; dignified; stately
preface; introduction; lead in (to a joke, question, etc.); lead up; payment in advance (by bank transfer); swinging (one's body) forward
guidance; leadership; leading the way
to stare at; to look hard at; to look up and down; to scrutinize; to scrutinise
attempt; trial; experiment; endeavour (endeavor); effort; venture
battlefield; battleground
human experiment; human experimentation; experiment on a living person
(being) unable to look someone in the eye; (being) too ashamed to face (someone)
pattern; design; body build; figure; essential qualities; character
surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality
whirlpool; swirl; eddy; vortex; maelstrom
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
to carve into; to cut into; to engrave into; to inscribe
profound; deep; grave; solid; dignified; stately
ominous; sinister; (arch.) annoying; (arch.) appearing to be true; (arch.) plausible
serving tea (esp. at a company); tea server; tea lady
to shine; to be visible; to be tinged with; to rise (of water levels); to flow in; to be felt (i.e. as an emotion); to come over one
to illuminate; to shine a light on; to light up
temple; shrine; sanctuary
excelling; surpassing; outdoing
without hesitation; without a qualm; at the drop of a hat
to hold hands; to join hands; to do together; to go arm in arm; to join forces; to link hands
one eye; one of one's eyes; being blind in one eye; person who is blind in one eye
to close (one's eyes); to shut
the three gods of creation; five-grain guardian gods
pipe; tube; (tobacco) pipe; cigarette holder; go-between; intermediary
to crawl; to creep; to slither; to wriggle; to trail (of vines, flowers, etc.); to spread
(rock) crystal; high purity quartz
colorless and transparent
blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature
rainbow-colored; rainbow-coloured