drawing room; parlour; parlor; reception office
to paint over heavily; to plaster up
grave marker; gravestone; headstone; writing on a headstone (name, date of death, etc.)
to soak (in); to steep; to dip; to pickle; to preserve (in salt, vinegar, etc.)
to blurt out; to let slip; to say inadvertently; to come out with (e.g. nonsense)
dirty work; unpleasant task
meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting
leaving a decision to someone else (often of a meal to be selected by the chef); omakase
to be aware of; to know about; to be concerned in; to have to do with
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
ticklish; embarrassed; awkward; ill at ease (esp. when receiving public praise)
grimoire; book of magic; book of sorcery
legendary beast; magical beast
ranging over or scouting out a territory; searching far and wide (for); reading extensively
consideration; inquiry; enquiry; investigation; study
to be rejuvenated; to feel young again
author (usu. of a particular book); writer
taking a philosophic view; looking at the long term; farsightedness
delineation; demarcation; drawing a line (e.g. between what's acceptable and unacceptable); (measuring) ruler
hidden reserves of strength; latent energy; potentiality; real strength
among these; between these; of these; in here; in this
principal occupation; core business
trade; buying and selling; trafficking (e.g. of humans, arms, drugs); dealing
in terms of; from the point of view of
Japanese white birch (Betula platyphylla var. japonica)
to tear off; to strip; to rob
portrait; likeness; sketch (of a face)
black lustre; black luster
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally
leathercraft; leatherwork
pursuit (of a goal, ideal, etc.); search; chase; seeking after
oral instruction; passing information by word-of-mouth; oral tradition
bellows (of an accordion, camera, etc.); cornice; rickrack; ricrac; pleated shape; accordion pleats
to understand from experience
to bring into the open; to reveal; to uncover (e.g. evidence); to bring to light
to settle down; to stay (for good); to stay long; to stay on
to be harvested; to be reaped; to be yielded; to be able to harvest; to be able to reap; to be able to yield