staff member; employee; worker; personnel
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
emphasis; highlight; stress; stressed point
affectation; showiness; pretence
taste (in fashion, music, etc.); sense (e.g. of humour); flair
malicious; spiteful; vicious; shady and damp
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
thoughtlessly; rashly; unwisely; halfway; half-done; incomplete
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly
much more; still more; single layer (or storey, etc.); (arch.) rather; (arch.) sooner
unapproachable; inaccessible; difficult to access
atmosphere; mood; a certain air; presence; (Earth's) atmosphere
to fold up; to fold into layers
special; particular; peculiar; unique
to carry on one's back; to be burdened with; to take responsibility for; to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something); to be conceited
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
favorite; favourite; habitually used
whole; entirety; whatever (is the matter)
to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)
isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on
serious; not joking; straight
to use abusive language; to curse; to call someone names
to take along; to hold in the hand; to hang (e.g. from the shoulder or waist)
to treat; to handle; to deal with; to arrange; to decorate; to dress
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
little girl; maiden; young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryo period)
shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable
to put on; to wear; to be clad in; to twine around; to twist around; to coil around
ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage