make-up; makeup; cosmetics; decoration; dressing; veneer
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
teahouse; (Edo period) rest stop; (geisha) teahouse; establishment where patrons are entertained by geisha; tea house (that sells tea); tea dealer
probably; likely; perhaps; a lot of; much; many
to take a breather; to take a rest; to catch one's breath; to take a breath
light meal; snack; refreshments
to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
place; location; room; space; sumo tournament
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
Japanese style; light wind; moderate breeze
image (in one's mind); impression; (computer) image; depiction (e.g. of a product); rendition
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
appropriate; adequate; suitable; fitting; worthy
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
originator; pioneer; inventor; progenitor; primogenitor; founder of a family line
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
to bring in; to take in; to approach (someone) with (a proposal, offer, problem, etc.); to bring; to bring (to another stage); to take (e.g. to court, to extra time, to a play-off)
(sect) founder; apostle; originator; inventor
exaggerated; overdone; overblown; hyperbolic; bombastic; grandiose
above; over; top; summit; surface; on (top of); the above (in a piece of writing)
to be oversized (overloud, etc.)
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
origin; (arch.) appearance of an auspicious sign that one will receive a divine mandate to becoming emperor; (arch.) birth of an emperor or his ancestors
impossible; unthinkable; unbelievable; ridiculous
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
lifespan; life; lifetime; life (of a battery, lightbulb, etc.); service life; end of an object's (useful) life
how long; how far; how much
to know; to be aware (of); to sense; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
than; rather than; instead of; from; out of; except
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
antiquity; the previous era
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
having no choice but to ...; all one can do is ...; there's nothing to do except ...; having nothing but ...; there is only ...; having only ...