trick that may deceive a child; transparent ploy; mere child's play; trivial (e.g. scheme); transparent; trifling (e.g. matter)
gale; violent (strong) wind
to deny; to contradict; to negate (esp. a sound); to drown out
shortening; contraction; reduction; curtailment; abbreviation
to use someone's (argument, attack) against them; to use (an attack) to one's advantage; to take advantage of (a negative situation)
shame; embarrassment; disgrace
long and narrow; lanky; gangling; spindly
to cut and even up; to cut several pieces to the same size
chestnut-color; chestnut-colour
four corners; four ordinal directions
to be lost in deep thought; to be deeply immersed in thought
to act violently; to rage; to struggle; to be riotous
to buy (stock, materials, etc.); to purchase; to lay in; to get; to obtain
plan; measure; means; scheme; policy
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
professor; teaching; instruction
to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid
in a crowd; ganging up (on); joining forces
to polish (up); to dress up
black ground; black cloth
beautician; cosmetician; hairdresser; hair stylist
neat (neatly); tidy; trim
to not know how to act or what to do; to be at a loss
creaking; squeaking; packing in tightly; cramming; hard (pressing, tying, twisting, etc.); tightly
go on!; right!; here goes!
to mistake (A for B); to misread
beautiful boy; pretty boy; handsome boy
white background; blank; (arch.) female virgin
to look out over (far into the distance); to command a view of
to change; to alter; to mistake; to make a mistake; to fail to keep (e.g. one's promise); to sprain (a muscle)
sand-coated interior wall (in traditional Japanese architecture)
sukashibori; fretwork; openwork
fragment; scrap; piece; shred
of the time; at the time; of the hour; in vogue; sought after
in this manner; in this way; like this
lovely; sweet; pretty; cute; adorable
to sound shrill (of a voice); to sound high-pitched and excited; to get excited; to become restless; to be thrown too high; to come in high
to bewilder; to perplex; to puzzle; to tempt; to seduce