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彫刻

ちょうこく

carving, engraving, sculpture, sculpture

彩る

いろどる

to colour, to color, to paint, to make up

眺める

ながめる

to view, to gaze at

観光地

かんこうち

tourist attraction, sight-seeing area

思い直す

おもいなおす

to re-think, to think back upon, to change one's mind

折れる

おれる

to break, to be broken, to snap, to fracture, to be folded, to give in, to back down, to yield, to submit, to turn (a corner)

小型

こがた

small size, tiny

メゾネット

maisonette

席上

せきじょう

at the meeting

ぜいぜい

ぜえぜえ ぜいぜい

gasping for breath, puffing and panting, wheezing

腰の低い

こしのひくい

humble, modest

躊躇

ちゅうちょ

hesitation, indecision, vacillation

持ちかける

もちかける

to offer (a suggestion, etc.), to propose (an idea, to approach with (a proposal

顔を背ける

かおをそむける

to turn one's face away

覚悟

かくご

resolution, resignation, readiness, preparedness

未だかつて

いまだかつて

not until now (with neg. verb), never yet

整える

ととのえる

to put in order, to arrange, to adjust, to get ready, to prepare, to raise money

兼

けん

cum (e.g. bedroom-cum-study), holding both roles (e.g. Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs), and, in addition, concurrently, at the same time

隣接

りんせつ

adjoin, adjacent, related, adjacency

木製

もくせい

wooden, made of wood

家具

かぐ

furniture

統一感

とういつかん

sense of unity sense of oneness

その癖

そのくせ

and yet even so nonetheless for all that

過度

かど

excess immoderation

装飾的

そうしょくてき

decorative

居心地

いごこち

comfort

良さそう

よさそう

looking good sounding good (of) good appearance

漂う

ただよう

to drift to float to waft (eg a scent) to hang in the air to be in the air (eg a feeling or mood) to wander to walk around aimlessly to be unsteady to be unstable to falter to flinch to wince to live in unreliable circumstances

雲泥の差

うんでいのさ

wide difference a world of difference

沁み沁み

しみじみ

earnestly keenly fully deeply heartily seriously calmly