waiting room; anteroom; antechamber; green room
black curtain; wirepuller; mastermind; backroom manipulator
violet (any flower of genus Viola, esp. the Fuji dawn, Viola mandshurica)
to get into trouble; to have troubles; to cause trouble; to break down
large-hearted; generous; liberal; placid; composed; cool
multi-tenant building; building containing a mixture of businesses, shops and residential apartments
chain (bicycle, measuring, tire, etc.); chain (store, hotel, etc.)
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
regular customer; regular patron; regular visitor; constant companion
just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
to choke; to be choked (by); to sob convulsively
good thing; strong point; good family; prestigious school; the right moment; utter
noisy; loud; boisterous; turbulent; unsettled; restless
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt; sentence-ending particle expressing a rhetorical question
to not believe one's ears
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
(any) more; further; in addition (to this); at this stage; now; now that things have come to this
to meddle (in someone's affairs); to poke one's nose into; to interfere; to make a pass (at someone); to hit on
tough; hard; determined; strong-minded; strong (e.g. sunlight, alcohol); severe
rate; ratio; one tenth; ten percent; (comparative) profit; gain; assignment
front and rear; before and after; order; sequence; consequences; context
to make matters worse; besides; what's more; in addition; on top of that
all year round; all the time; year in and year out
it's precisely for that reason that ...; which is precisely why ...
to be in a hurry; to be impatient; to be anxious (to do); to get a fright; to panic; to get flustered
to become frightened; to get scared; to be seized with fear; to be intimidated; to lose one's nerve; to get cold feet
oh; ah; if there is; as for that; that is
major incident; major happening; big scandal
hostility; antagonism; opposition
to live under another's roof; to become a dependent on; to flatten oneself (against); to lean in close to
to be conceivable that; to be thinkable that
to talk (someone) down; to argue down; to silence; to put (someone) in their place; to corner in an argument; to get the better of
defenseless; defenceless; unprotected; vulnerable
good at fighting; usually wins a fight
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin
gentle; peaceable; amicable; without fuss; simply
to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip); (arch.) to affix (a bowstring to a bow)
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
to take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain
to be fascinated (by); to be captivated by; to be enchanted by; to gaze admiringly at; to watch in fascination
feeling of a house or a room
barefaced (e.g. lie); transparent; with feigned ignorance; pretending not to know; pure white; very clear