information; experience; observation; seeing and hearing
(professional) storyteller; hereditary role of narrator in early imperial court
aspect; phase; condition; modality (philosophy)
drawing; painting; doodling; sketching
skill; skillful; dexterity; flattery
writing (an essay, prose, etc.); composition; formal writing with little real meaning
manners; behavior; behaviour
to burn; to be roasted; to be heated; to be jealous; to be envious
Japanese writing paper (lined with a square grid, one square per character); manuscript paper
licking one's lips; licking one's chops
comparatively; quite; rather
stale; old fashioned; hackneyed; trite; antiquated; obsolete
lately; recently; nowadays
reading while standing (in a bookstore, etc.); browsing (i.e. reading an item but not buying it)
thin (e.g. air); diluted; sparse; lacking (e.g. empathy); deficient; insufficient (e.g. zeal)
even; if only; if just; as long as; the only thing needed
playful; mischievous; joker; prankster; scamp
meddling; fumbling; fondling; playing around with something
effect; result; worth; use; avail
to meet fortuitously (e.g. running into an old friend); to meet by chance; to happen across
totally (immersed in something, e.g. liquid, work); addicted
vast; boundless; vague; obscure
Sunday; day (of the month); counter for days; Japan
form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence
damage; injury; defamation; harm
field of vision; view; one's outlook (e.g. on life); one's horizons
pure; innocent; pure; unmixed; long kimono made from the same plain-coloured cloth
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); just like (someone)
wise; sagacious; intelligent; sensible
cooking (esp. Japanese style); cuisine; (Japanese) restaurant
chopping board; cutting board
easy; simple; simple (way of thinking, etc.); simple-minded; soft; lax
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
eldest daughter; first-born daughter
person inside a cartoon body suit; voice actor; insider