negative film (as opposed to positive or reversal film); negative
pink (colour, color); peach
complementary color; complementary colour
aesthetic feeling; aesthetic sense; sense of beauty
to bake (a design onto ceramic); to fire (on); to burn into (one's memory); to sear into; to print (from a negative); to brand; to fuse together (metals)
spirit world; underworld; other world; supernatural world; different dimension
parallel; parallel; parallel skiing
negative; negative (e.g. thinking)
as far as the eye can see
intelligent; wise; sagacious; smart-alecky; cheeky
to allow; to let (someone) do; to make (someone) do
individual differences; personal equation
to that extent; accordingly; that being the case; that state; that condition
printing (e.g. photos); glazing; enamelling; baking
(many) trees; every tree; all kinds of trees
vain; futile; transient; frivolous
sound (of a sentence); euphony; wordplay; play on words; pun
helper; supporter; second; foreign player (hired to strengthen a team)
consumer credit (finance, loan)
5,000,000; five million; (arch.) many
horse; horse racing; promoted bishop; knight (court card in mekuri karuta and unsun karuta)
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
dustbin of history; ash heap of history; obscurity; long-forgotten memory
reproachful; resentful; spiteful
to wear (multiple layers of clothes); to wear underneath; to dress up (esp. in formal clothes); to attire oneself (in); to break in (through repeated wearing); to wear in
Her Majesty the Queen; mistress (in S&M); dominatrix
to combine parts of two different things into a new thing; to compromise; to balance out
tight; close-fitting; tight (supply and demand); scarce; tight skirt; straight skirt
brake; (a) stop (to a development, behavior, etc.); (the) brakes
to create (an atmosphere, feeling, etc.); to produce; to engender
jockey's racing uniform; one's best clothes (esp. for women), normally put aside for important meetings, dates, etc.
self-mutilation; self-injury
to come to nothing; to be spoiled; to be spoilt
in perfect form; going swimmingly
mulberry (colour); dark purple
blind spot (e.g. of a driver); dead angle; dead ground; dead space
restless; on edge (and unable to concentrate); distracted; for some reason
state of hopelessness; (state of) being ready to give up; resignation
to obtain; to come into possession of; to get hold of; to get one's hands on
skill; expertise; experience; proficiency; mastery; dexterity