paper knife; letter opener
to jump up; to spring up; to move around; to bounce up and down; to pound (of one's heart, e.g. with excitement); to throb
plain; unfigured; patternless; solid (color)
idol (i.e. carving or painting of a deity)
practical; useful; utilitarian; pragmatic
polar bear (Ursus maritimus)
polar bear (Ursus maritimus)
running fast; double time; cantering; doing things in a hurry
mandarin (esp. the satsuma mandarin (Citrus unshiu)); mandarin orange; tangerine; citrus (Citrus spp.)
Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica)
to spur on; to urge forward; to impel; to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)
labor cost; charge; wages; pay
dizzyingly; with one's head swimming
dizzily; giddily; spinning; boiling up
to remove; to take away; to clear away; to tear down; to pull down; to demolish
origin; beginning; variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width); for kimonos: at least 10 m in length; tip; extremity
elaborate; delicate; exquisite
fourwing evening primrose (Oenothera tetraptera); fragrant evening primrose (Oenothera stricta); large-flowered evening primrose (Oenothera glazioviana)
Dutchman's pipe cactus (Epiphyllum oxypetalum); night-blooming cereus; queen of the night
labour; labor; effort; toil; trouble
(young) girl; maiden; young lady
sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute; pitiful; pitiable
to count on the abacus; to calculate cost-benefit; to calculate profitability; to be guided by self-interest
result; effect; performance; workmanship (of an article); execution; shape and quality
another kind; different kind; distinct species
joint marketing; cooperative selling
depending on the way ...; depending on how ...; according to how ...
direct control; direct supervision
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
from now on; in the future; hereafter; ahead of us; down the road