youthful; young; young-looking
creeping (of an insect, etc.); crawling; restlessly; fidgeting; hesitantly; slowly
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lady attendant; female servant; lady's maid; waiting maid
bored; having nothing to do; idle
to feel right; to sit well with one; to be happy about; to suit to a T; to fit well together
behavior; behaviour; conduct; entertainment; treat; feast
choice; selection; diagnosis; medical opinion; judgement; opinion
to act up (machine); to go out of tune (instrument); to not work right; to be knocked off stride; to lose one's bearings; to lose one's presence of mind
to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk; to get plastered
centre of attention; center of attention
upper class; upper echelons of society; the rich and powerful; the elite
social meeting place; watering hole
of good character; kindhearted; good-natured
grandfather; male senior-citizen; old man
beautification; cleaning up; tidiying; glorification; idealization; romanticizing
task; (doing a) bit of work; difficult task; hard work
large-scale work; voluminous work; monumental work; great work; masterpiece
work of art the creator has confidence in; work one is proud of
planting a field with the same crop each year; repeated cultivation; collaborative literary work; story made up by several writers working on it in turn; series (of novels); cycle (of poems, songs)
(your) reading (of my work)
merciless; ruthless; pitiless; unfeeling
to give a round of applause; to applaud
to work (for, at, in); to be employed (at); to finish (a term); to serve (e.g. a sentence); to conduct (a ceremony); to perform (a Buddhist memorial service)
movements; bearing; deportment; carriage; behavior; behaviour
severe; harsh; stringent; rigorous; strict; unfair
to paint over heavily; to plaster up
declining; refusal; nonacceptance; turning down; withdrawal (e.g. of candidacy); pulling out (e.g. of a race)
to start a journey; to embark on a trip; to set forth; to hit the trail
eye; eyes; sight; vision; looking
soiling; polluting; shame; disgrace; chopped fish, shellfish or vegetables, dressed with (miso or other) sauce
preeminence; excellence; superiority; transcendence
re-coating (e.g. repainting, respraying, etc.)
ray (of light); beam; light
to join hands together; to join forces; to collaborate
prostrating oneself (in submission, respect, etc.)
noisily (from many people talking); in a commotion; with a rustling sound (of leaves, branches, etc.); with a rippling sound (of the surface of a lake, etc.); feeling a chill; with a chill (up one's spine)
portrait; likeness; picture