change of key (during piece); modulation
best one could ask for; just what one wants; welcome (news); heaven-sent
finish; finishing; finishing touches
making a person, pet, etc. wait (before being permitted to do something); postponement; putting on hold
advance; moving forward; progress
safe (e.g. choice); secure; innocuous; acceptable; passable; satisfactory
to divide; to separate; to share; to distribute; to distinguish
to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut
to drag down; to pull down; to force out (of power, office, role, etc.)
assumption; supposition; hypothesis
to be seized with fear; to be intimidated; to lose one's nerve; to be frightened; to get cold feet; to chicken out
threshold (esp. one with grooves for sliding doors); sill
inside; interior; inner part
(not) so; (not) particularly; (not) very; (not) that much
outward appearance; exterior appearance; outward show; looks
extravagant; lavish; opulent; luxurious; magnificent; splendid
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
care; looking after; repair; (police) raid; crackdown
garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area
without losing time (e.g. to do); without even time for (doing something)
stairs; stairway; staircase
down-train; train heading toward the ending point of its route; down-slope; downward going; downbound (esp. away from Tokyo); downstream
source of electricity; electrical power; power (button on TV, etc.)
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)
making something widely known; introduction; debut; announcement; unveiling
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
to roll; to tumble; to fall over; to roll over; to lie down; to be scattered about; to be lying around
ceiling; ceiling price; (price) ceiling
small fraction; small proportion
purpose; utility; objective; way to use something
general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different
room; wife (of someone of high rank); scabbard; Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to fill to capacity; to pack; to complete; to tessellate
to give a true account; to give a graphic account
originally; by nature; from the start