entrance; entry; gate; approach; mouth
refined; genteel; graceful; decent
drawing room; parlour; parlor; reception office
warm; mild; (pleasantly) hot; considerate; kind; genial
strawberry (esp. the garden strawberry, Fragaria x ananassa); 15,000 yen
shortcake (layered cream and fruit cake; in Japan, made with sponge cake)
falling heavily (of rain, snow, etc.)
to fall completely silent; to become still as death
to urge; to encourage; to press; to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken
hole; hole; cup; (electron) hole
use; utilization; utilisation; application
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
hanging banner; hanging screen; curtain
(shopping) mall; shopping centre; mall (pedestrianized street); Moor; mold; mould; molding
decoration; ornament; trimmings
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
turning round; going around; turning about; surrounding; encircling
to look out over; to survey (scene); to take an extensive view of
to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show
apathetic; indifferent; nonchalant; callous
to hesitate to say; to mumble; to hem and haw; to falter
(please) try to; (please) look; seeing; looking
since; for the past ... (e.g. ten years); this person; this gentleman
bedridden; confined to bed
people; (all) persons; everyone; (arch.) you (usu. plural)
to do physical exercise; to be physically active; (lit.) to move one's body
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...