very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
to take good care of; to treasure; to value; to hold dear; to prize; to cherish
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
judging from appearances; to all appearances; from the looks of it; on the face of it; apparently; seemingly
to pile up; to accumulate; to estimate
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
cough cough; with a (wet) cough; violently (coughing)
furoshiki; wrapping cloth; cloth wrapper
astonishment; amazement; surprise; fright; shock
brilliance; polish; lustre; luster; glossy finish
antiquity; ancient times; bygone days; former times
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
I wish I had ...; I should have ...; it would have been better if I had ...
no!; no no!; no, not at all
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
reddish tinge; tinge of red; slight redness; reddishness; blush
black; black stone; guilt; guilty person
craftsmanship; artisanship
flavour; flavor; taste; charm; appeal; interest
molding; moulding; shaping; forming; modelling (i.e. plastic arts); modeling
completely ordinary; plain; commonplace; everyday
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
strange; odd; peculiar; weird; bizarre; unusual
feature; trait; characteristic; peculiarity; distinction
thick; bulky; massive; heavy
careful; scrupulous; thorough; conscientious; elaborate; deliberate
elegance; taste; refinement
waka; classic Japanese poem, esp. a tanka, often 31 morae
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
cheap article; poor-quality article
to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)
to end; to come to an end; to finish; to complete; to finish doing; to be past its (one's) prime
umeboshi; pickled dried ume; pickled dried plum
to soak (in); to steep; to dip; to pickle; to preserve (in salt, vinegar, etc.)
reality; actuality; hard fact