structure of an artwork; pictorial design; pictures inserted in a book
sweetener (sugar, honey, saccharin, maltose, etc.); sweetening agent; sweetening
flavoring; flavouring; fragrance; perfume; condolence gift
standard practice; playing by the book; established tactic; joseki (jōseki); standard sequence of moves (esp. in a corner)
tasteless and odorless; bland
outdoing a professional; putting an expert to shame
to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand
rotation; making the rounds; spreading; effect; efficacy; by way of; via
to stop; to halt; to have (someone) stay; to put up (a guest); to fasten; to pin
dreary; bleak; monotonous; tasteless; unrefined
to become thin; to lose weight; to slim; to become impoverished (of soil); to become sterile; to become infertile
sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic
unaffected and sincere, with fortitude and vigor (vigour)
to make it a principle to ...; to aim at doing
starting late; late departure
small quantity; small amount; narrowmindedness
to give an order; to place an order; to have made to order
bad taste; poor taste; gaudiness; nastiness; nasty behaviour; perverse disposition
huge person; enormous object
uncommon; rare; extraordinary; matchless
bad law; (arch.) evil ways; (arch.) evil way of doing things
dizzily; giddily; spinning; boiling up
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
paying back in installments (instalments); amortization plan (amortisation); gradual progression (oft. into an unwanted state); doing little by little; proceeding in a continual and vague fashion; gradually obscuring
fastidiousness; fussiness about cleanliness, etc.; clean-freak
to hew; to chop up; to mangle; to mince
Western food; Western dish; Western cooking; Japanized Western cuisine
to appear on the market; to be in season (e.g. of fruit); to circulate widely; to make the rounds; to go around
freezing; cold storage; refrigeration
(mumbling) incomprehensibly; while mumbling; mutteringly; murmuringly
to get blurred; to get hoarse; to get husky; to graze; to scrape
to begin to crumble; to crumble and fall (or collapse) onto another object
peaceful; tranquil; calm; restful
to fall asleep; to sleep soundly; to become dull; to lose vigour
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
at the mercy of (something or someone)
to tire of playing; to become tired after playing
naughty; mischievous; rascal; naughty kid; delinquency; misconduct
mansion; palace; (arch.) nobleman; (arch.) noblewoman; (arch.) temporary residence