piece (scrap, bit, strip) of paper
single colour (color); monochrome
pain; ache; soreness; damage; injury; wear
condition; state; health; state (of health); way; manner
is something that; is that which
even; for starters; so; therefore; judging from; based on
how many years; how long; what year
to fade (of a colour); to grow dull in color (colour); to lose vividness; to lose freshness; to grow stale
to live; to reside; to inhabit
pair; couple; antithesis; counter for items that come in pairs; counter for sets (of clothes, small furniture, utensils, etc.)
vivid; bright; brilliant; skillful; skilful; adroit
to delineate; to draw; to express; to imagine
dusk; twilight; twilight years; melancholia; melancholic nostalgia
past days; bygone days; days of yore; while still alive; during one's lifetime
wood; woods; forest; bunch (of something); cluster; line
background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)
to bake (a design onto ceramic); to fire (on); to burn into (one's memory); to sear into; to print (from a negative); to brand; to fuse together (metals)
look (in someone's eyes); expression (of the eyes); eyes
to turn over; to turn upside down; to knock over; to tip over; to overturn (e.g. a decision); to upset
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
scribbling; scrawl; hasty writing
northern part; the north (of a region)
wooded country; wooded (timber) region; woodland; woodlands
valid; proper; right; appropriate; reasonable
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
7th day of the month; seven days
from now; from this moment; henceforth
what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?
that is to say; so that means
proportion; proportional representation section (of an election)
ordinary person; member of the general public; non-celebrity
compensation; equivalent value; consideration
use; exercise (of one's right, authority, power, etc.)
narrow; tight; formal; stiff; constrained; uncomfortable
device; equipment; machinery; apparatus
to handle (men); to master (a tool); to manage; to acquire a command of (a language)
certain; some kind of; some sort of; of sorts