to wield; to brandish; to display (one's knowledge); to show off; to abuse (one's power); to manipulate someone
Japanese timber bamboo (Phyllostachys bambsoides); giant timber bamboo; madake
soft, light rustling (e.g. leaves in the wind)
detached building; solitary house; room detached from main house; separation from; loss of interest in; independence of
engawa; external corridor on the outer side of traditional Japanese houses; bone at the base of a fin; meat at the base of a fin (esp. of a flatfish)
innocent; cherubic; childlike
downy hair; down; vellus hair; lanugo
3 Japanese feet; waistband; belt; cloth girdle
seedling; young plant; rice seedling
black terracotta; black soil
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
divide into four pieces; one fourth
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
tall and thin; long and thin; lanky; spindly; gangly
cyclamen (esp. species Cyclamen persicum)
seedling; plant raised from the seed
specialist; expert; professional; authority; pundit
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)
sprout; shoot; bud; germinal disk (in an egg)
the trouble is that ...; the problem is that ...; unfortunately; annoyingly
to wither; to wilt; to droop; to be dejected; to be disheartened; to be depressed
to take something into ...; to bring in; to lodge (a complaint); to file (a plan); to bring to (a state: tied game, vote, trial, etc.)
germination; sprouting; budding
cultivation; nurture; culture
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
regulation; adjustment; control
orchid; Netherlands; Holland
just like; the same as; no different than
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
to memorize; to fix in memory; to master