best regards; please remember me; please treat me favorably (favourably); please take care of
enshrinement hall (of a buddha); temple; cathedral (esp. Catholic)
hand-drawn; drawn by hand; hand-painted; painted by hand
Kyoyuzen dyeing; Kyoto printed silk
extraordinary; exceptional; unprecedented; solecistic; non-standard; irregular
long, kimono-like garment, made of light fabric and worn under the kimono; under-kimono
zori; traditional Japanese thonged sandals
tabi; traditional split-toe socks
shabby; dull; cheap; lackluster; uninspiring; depressing
stingily; tightfistedly; in a miserly manner; naggingly
large amount of money; great cost
home page; web page; horsepower; HP; half-pipe (in snowboarding, skateboarding, etc.); hit point
seeing through (a trick, someone's mind, etc.)
exemption; exoneration; discharge
over-optimistic calculation; counting one's chickens before they're hatched
to be profitable; to yield a profit
sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages; ritual exchange of cups (to seal a bond or pledge)
10,000,000; ten million; extremely large number; myriad
store brand; straight bond; station break; full-back (in soccer); social business
sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages; counter for cupfuls, bowlfuls, spoonfuls, etc.; counter for boats; counter for octopuses and squid; cup
sum; harmony; peace; Japan; Japanese-style
child prodigy; infant genius; wonder child
uncommon; extraordinary (in relation to human characteristics)
more than most people; more than other people; compared with other people; more than others
great talents mature late
old age; ageing; aging; old person; the elderly; the aged
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
to establish; to formulate
to slacken; to loosen; to relax; to slack off (e.g. one's work, attention); to not put one's heart in
crown (of head); summit (of mountain); easy win for one; something received
ordinary person; average person; man in the street; everyman; (a) nobody
romance (e.g. Arthurian romances); heroic tale; (nigh) impossible dream; adventurous spirit; (full-length) novel; romance