perception; sensing; noticing
quite clearly; quite distinctly; perfectly; exactly
work (film, book); production; creation; turning (something) out
our gracious (e.g. Queen); honorific that attaches to name of a person or thing that has bestowed grace or favour upon you
intensiveness; collecting; summarizing; putting together
(study of) pharmacy; pharmaceutics
to snatch; to grab; to steal; to charge (an exorbitant price) for
prevention; precaution; protection against
morbid; unhealthful; insalubrious
policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle
small; little; slightly less than; just about; somewhat; somehow
one by one; one each; one at a time
simplified version; abridged edition
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
to degenerate; to lapse into
secret art; the mysteries
Japanese dock (plant) (Rumex japonicus)
woman of unmatched beauty; beauty like no other
now (esp. in contrast to the past); now at last; at present; right now
to be ruined (reduced to poverty); to fall low; to go under; to come to ruin
once in a lifetime; the first and last occurrence (event, experience) of one's lifetime
date (with someone); (social) outing (for two); date night; date (day)
to exert (influence); to exercise; to cause (e.g. damage); to do (e.g. harm); to bring about (e.g. benefits); to extend
judgement; judgment; decision; adjudication; award; verdict
kudzu (Pueraria montana); Japanese arrowroot; Chinese moonseed (Sinomenium acutum)
basket (shopping, etc.); hamper; cage
national isolation; closing the country (to foreigners); sakoku; policy of national isolation enacted by the Tokugawa shogunate
to spell; to write; to compose; to bind (e.g. documents); to patch
or something; or something like that; or words to that effect; something or other
attentive; scrupulous; tactful; tasteful; smart
two sheets (pieces) (of paper)
handsome man; actor in a love scene
common language; lingua franca; standard language (language variety understood throughout a country)
language of one's country; mother tongue; native language