dreary; bleak; monotonous; tasteless; unrefined
to astonish; to astound; to stupefy; to flabbergast; to strike a person dumb; to dumbfound
greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; courtesy visit (to offer condolences, say congratulations, pay respect, introduce oneself, etc.)
beautiful face; beautiful looks; beauty; belle; handsome man
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); province (of Japan)
one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary
curiosity; inquisitiveness
companion; follower; attendant; retinue
staringly; scrutinizing; scrutinising
to look around; to take a view of
for generations; from generation to generation; generation after generation; through the ages
to be better (than); to be superior; to surpass; to excel; to be excellent
to be strongly attracted (by); to be utterly charmed (by); to be completely captivated (by); to admire greatly; to fall deeply in love (with); to fall head over heels (for)
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
in succession; one by one
to jump out; to leap out; to appear (suddenly); to emerge; to protrude; to project
danger; peril; hazard; risk
proportion; proportional representation section (of an election)
(opening of a) wound; cut
to warp; to bend; to contort; to be perverted; to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.); to be distorted
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
interest (in something); curiosity (about something); zest (for)
name one goes by; popular name; house name; name of a street; avenue name
last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; pre- (e.g. premodern); before; before; earlier
attachment; adhesion; insistence; tenacity; fixation; obsession
target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.); coverage
using anything one can lay one's hands on; haphazardly; on the rebound; at random; indiscriminately
manure; fertilizer; fertiliser; compost
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
in the same way; like; likewise; similarly
father; father (e.g. of a discipline); pioneer (e.g. of field of research); God; Father
mother's side of family; maternal (grandfather, uncle, etc.)
surname; family name; hereditary title (used in ancient Japan to denote rank and political standing)
confinement (indoors, to quarters, etc.)
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
even (e.g. even a child); as long as (it is, you are, etc.); (if) only; just
caution; admonition; prohibition; ban; punishment; (arch.) caution
as if; as it were; as though; right then; just then; at that moment
tourist attraction; sight-seeing area
to stand up straight; to stick up (e.g. of hair); to stand up abruptly; to jump to one's feet; to stand (doing nothing); to stand around