comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
sound; tone; note; ring; chirp
princess; spoiled girl; hothouse flower; glue
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
pickled vegetables; pickles
eggplant (Solanum melongena); aubergine
(only) one option; one possible choice
impact; shock; impulse; (psychological) shock
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
until now; till now; up to now; up to the present; so far
number one; first; best; most; game; round
to wear (from the shoulders down); to put on; to take (the blame, responsibility); to bear
queen; female monarch; queen consort; consort of a king; queen; princess
expression; representation; description; representation (of a group)
Japanese style; light wind; moderate breeze
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
princess; daughter of a nobleman
the West; the Occident; Western countries
breach of manners; breach of etiquette; faux pas
profit; advantage; benefit; rebirth in paradise, entering nirvana
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
from now; from this moment; henceforth
heron with all-white plumage (incl. egrets); white heron
castle (in place names); castle; fortress
Japan and the West; Japanese style and Western style
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well ...; I think ...
lovely; wonderful; charming; enchanting; nice; great
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
to lose; to be defeated; to give in (to); to yield; to be inferior (to); to be second (to)
I; me; personal (affairs, etc.); private; selfishness; partiality
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
to triumph; to be elated with success
idiot; moron; stupid; foolish; trivial; insignificant; malfunctioning
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of