treasure; treasured item; prized possession
(bowing and) greeting; (arch.) declining; (arch.) refusing
white; striped mullet fry (Mugil cephalus); speech; one's lines; white dragon tile; winning hand with a pung (or kong) of white dragon tiles; (arch.) white person
for lack of anything better to do
so (e.g. so much, so close, so many, so few)
with a flash; brightly; dazzlingly; sparklingly; brilliantly (shining)
one's favourite party trick (favorite); one's specialty; No. 18; eighteenth; repertoire of 18 kabuki plays
not only ... (but also); not just; as well as
being done for; giving up; being in a hopeless situation; not knowing what to do; being brought to one's knees; (lit.) throwing up (one's) hands
reason; cause; circumstances
to blame; to find fault with
woman well past her prime; matron well-advanced in age
worship; adoration; admiration; cult
leakage; omission; oversight; I; me
era; CE (Common Era); AD (Anno Domini)
to live; to reside; to inhabit
fame; reputation; popularity; rumour (rumor); talk
middle of a field; middle of a country; field of contest
the whole day; all the day
nine times; twisting around many times
eleventh day of the month; eleven days
patient; unhurried; leisurely
unconnected; weakly related; alien; having little prospect of marriage
to form a group; to form a bunch
with a whoosh; with a swish; with a whirl; whizzing by
without holding anything back; mercilessly; relentlessly; energetically; vigorously
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
fireball; ball of fire; will-o'-the-wisp; jack-o'-lantern
to receive permission; to leave (with someone's permission); to retire; to refuse; to beg off doing
begging for one's life; pleading for one's life
eternal; unlimited; endless
to reply; to respond; to answer; to talk back; to retort
to make sacrifices for; to pay dearly for
to live (of animals); to inhabit; to nest