decorative lights; illumination
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
sharp (words); harsh (manner, tone, etc.); hostile (mood, attitude, etc.); spiky; prickly; jagged
to show someone's true colors; to remove someone's mask; (lit.) to take the veneer off something
glittering; sparkling; glistening; twinkling
one cup (of); one glass (of); one drink (of alcohol); full; filled (with); fully; to capacity
dizzily; giddily; spinning; boiling up
haze (esp. in spring); mist; dimness (of sight)
to awaken; to arouse from sleep; to bring to one's senses; to disabuse (someone of); to sober up; to dampen
to remake; to remold; to remould; to convert; to reconstruct; to adapt
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
festival; feast; carnival; matsuri
bustling; busy; crowded; lively (party, voices, etc.); loud; noisy
happiness; well-being; joy; welfare; blessedness
(not) at all; (not) by any means; (cannot) possibly; absolutely
to wear (from the shoulders down); to put on; to take (the blame, responsibility); to bear
breast; chest; pit of the stomach; solar plexus; epigastrium
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am; older girl
the whole day; all the day
the whole town; all over the town; throughout the town
to pull around; to drag around; to take around; to show around
to suit; to match; to become; to be like
to buy; to purchase; to value (highly); to think highly of; to incur (someone's anger, displeasure, etc.); to elicit (e.g. sneers)
cannot bear (doing); cannot bring oneself (to do); reluctant (to do)
to throw off (clothes); to cast off; to fling off; to cast off (old ideas, habits, etc.); to discard
wintry sky; cold weather (in winter); wintry weather
strange; odd; peculiar; weird; bizarre; unusual
gait; walk; stride; trace (e.g. of route taken by hunted criminal); track; trail
to retreat; to back off; to draw back; to step back; to shrink away
photograph; photo; picture; moving picture; movie
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
hell realm; Naraka; Hell; hell; misery; place where a volcano or hot springs constantly spew smoke or steam
person of firm character; stable person; gutsy person
to bear a grudge against; to resent; to blame; to curse; to feel bitter towards
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
honest; upright; cleanhanded; unselfish
to spoil; to ruin; to destroy; to make a mess of
how; in what way; how about; questionable
malice; malicious intent; intent to kill
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
(place) right in the center; dead center; dead centre; exact middle; heart