impressive; striking; memorable; impactful
(one's) initials; first letter (of a name, sentence, etc.); initial; first
to calculate; to compute; to deduce; to infer; to conclude
great shame (endured in the public eye); deep embarrassment; profound humiliation; utter disgrace
maximum; to the maximum degree; to the full; at a maximum
distress; wretched condition
quick on the uptake; quick to catch on; perceptive; intuitive
to refuse; to reject; to deny
band (group of musicians); band (material); strap; belt (clothing); (frequency) band
multiplication table; times table
bank; banking institution
to bud; to sprout; to germinate; to have luck on one's side; to get lucky
eldest daughter; first-born daughter
arrogance; haughtiness; pride
shoe store; shoe shop; shoemaker
salesperson; shop assistant; hawker; (arch.) male prostitute
uneducated; ignorant; illiterate; arhat; person who has attained nirvana
wasteful person; spendthrift
Lorelei (Loreley); Rhine maiden who lured sailors to their doom; rock in the Rhine
Mendelssohn; Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
nori; laver; edible seaweed, usu. Porphyra yezoensis or P. tenera, usu. dried and pressed into sheets
to rest; to relax; to repose
clear; sonorous; full-sounding; resonant; bright
to compose (e.g. poem); to recite; to intone; to chant
Japanese fir (Abies firma); momi fir
(volcanic) crater; caldera; burner (of a boiler)