visual confirmation; sighting
stone paving; cobble paving; stone steps; check (pattern); pavé; rectangular dessert (usu. made from chocolate or several layers of sponge cake)
dead of night; shades of night; black of night
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
very cheesy; very flashy; extremely gaudy
appearance of written words; impression given by written letters, characters, etc.; literal meaning (of a piece of writing); superficial meaning; face (of a printing type)
serious; not joking; straight
decorative lights; illumination
to pierce; to penetrate; to sting (wound or sensitive area, etc.); to smart; to be infected (with vice); to be steeped (with prejudice)
coquettish voice; flirtatious voice
in accordance with; following; roughly; about; Street; Avenue
weak matcha; light brown (color, colour)
to stretch around (e.g. a fence, dragnet, etc.); to lay out (e.g. a wiring system, network, etc.); to string up (e.g. an antenna, ship's rigging, etc.)
illumination; decorative lighting
please; I beg you; for mercy's sake
economical; bargain; good value; good-value
common people; ordinary people; masses
dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze
door (Western-style, car, etc.)
to be fragrant; to give out a smell; to be enveloped in a smell; to be radiant; to be attractive
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
to catch sight of; to come into view; to happen to see
at once; right away; promptly; on the spur of the moment
innocent; naive; unsophisticated; birth-
posing; modeling; modelling
friendly; affable; amiable; sociable; loving company; (animals) taking kindly to men
piling up high (food in a bowl); filling (a bowl); heaped bowl
invitation; introduction; temptation
business; trade; operations; sales
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
payment in advance; advance payment; prepayment
to provide; to furnish; to equip; to install
this; our; the ... in question; right; justice; fairness
takeout (i.e. food); take-out; takeaway; take-away