highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly
to paint; to spread; to plaster; to apply (cream, lotion); to smear; to lacquer
to elevate; to raise; to lift up; to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky
case (container); case (instance, situation); case
whirling; revolving; coiling around; winding around; working tirelessly; working hard
to turn; to rotate; to go around; to circle; to make the rounds (of); to go around (several places); to go by way of
needle; pin; hook; stinger; thorn; hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
elaborate; delicate; exquisite
to bend many times; to turn and twist; to zigzag
lock-opening; lock-picking
handcuffs; hand shackles; restrictions; restraints
sense of unity; sense of oneness
lower part; foot; lower direction; left part of the stage (audience's or camera's POV); stage right (actor's POV)
to offer for sale; to put on the market
training; education; stocking up; laying in; preparation (e.g. ingredients); girl studying to become a geisha
dangerous; unsettled; troubled; disturbed; insecure
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
agreement; consent; same opinion; same view; same meaning
to touch; to feel; to get involved (with); to approach; to be harmful to; to hinder
neat (personal appearance); tidy
cord tied around the waist of a kimono before an obi is tied
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
shoe; shoes; boots; footwear; footgear
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
to hurt; to injure; to harm; to damage; to worry; to bother
one more time; once more; once again
to stand in the way (esp. with legs spread out); to block the way; to stand in the way (e.g. of progress); to obstruct
in the same way; like; likewise; similarly
to take (someone) along; to bring along; to be accompanied by
to open up (to someone); to become unreserved; to lower one's guard; to become friendly (with); to feel at ease; to take a relaxed attitude (to)
to comfort; to console; to amuse
to rub (on); to wipe; to daub; to lay (the blame on someone); to pin; to shift
meeting up; gathering; assembly; set