marriage ceremony; wedding; nuptials
attendance; participation; presence
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
writing; composition; essay; sentence
colour usage; color usage; use of colour
beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)
colour; color; hue; tints
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
almost every day; almost daily
artificial; unnatural; human-caused (e.g. mistake, error, disaster); man-made
to remove; to deinstall; to take away; to set apart
bedside; near one's pillow
to play an instrument (esp. string instruments); to dance
arrival (of post, news, correspondence, etc.); receiving (a phone call, email, etc.)
uneasiness; vague apprehension; premonition
chores; odd jobs; miscellaneous affairs; miscellaneous expenses
leaving a decision to someone else (often of a meal to be selected by the chef); omakase
romantic; spicy; coquettish
frivolous; flippant; superficial; shallow; trifling; insincere
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
revival; resuscitation; revitalization; rejuvenation; regeneration
first thing in the morning
analysis; analytical study; parsing; parse
serious; severe; grave; acute
ringleader; mastermind; leader (of a plot)
to cross one's mind; to occur to one
downy hair; down; vellus hair; lanugo
to stand on end; to bristle up; to be ruffled
preliminary arrangements; spade work
I, myself; one-self; by one-self; even I; even one
presence; sitting with; being with
to be answerable (for); to take the blame
radio wave; reception; signal; saying strange things
oblong; vertical writing style (e.g. on envelopes); portrait orientation
to lie on top of one another; to be in a heap
one's heart rate; pulse rate
even; flat; level; calm; peaceful; uneventful
stillness; repose; standing still
foolish; idiotic; stupid; ridiculous; absurd