as everyone knows; needless to say; obvious
severe (illness, disability, etc.); serious
behaving in a way characteristic of teenagers going through puberty, esp. by being overly self-conscious; (lit.) 2nd year of junior high sickness
person affected by a disease; sufferer
completely (quitting, etc.); entirely; thoroughly; cleanly (cutting, snapping off, etc.); in a single blow
most difficult; next to impossible
surplus-; excess-; over-; per- (chemical with more of a certain element than found in other compounds of the same constituents)
sorrow; grief; anguish; anxiety; worry; trouble
capital (esp. Kyoto, Japan's former capital); seat of government; capital (of music, fashion, etc.); city (e.g. of light); location of the Imperial Palace
hellish pain; suffering; distress; agony
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
to memorize; to memorise; to recite from memory
enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
Dante; Dante Alighieri (Italian poet; 1265-1321)
incredible song; great song
compilation (of a text); editing; volume (of a text); completed literary work
one passage; one paragraph; one stanza; one verse; one section (of a piece of music); one syllable
eerie; hair-raising; exaggerated; ostentatious
to rise (of a building, mountain, etc.); to tower; to soar
ginkgo (Ginkgo biloba); gingko; maidenhair tree
the dead; ghost; person who is obsessed (with money, power, etc.); person with a blind lust (for)
finger; hands and fingers; hands
attendance; attending to someone; taking care of someone
work of art; artwork; objet d'art
gaudy; loud; garish; intense; harsh; extreme
bitter orange (Citrus aurantium); sour orange; Seville orange; orange (color, colour)
emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri)
retainer; attendant; escort
extensive knowledge; erudition; learned; erudite; well-informed
explanation; commentary; exposition; elucidation
unseasonable; out-of-season
old woman; joker (in old maid)
earless seal (Phocidae); true seal; seal
park (public, amusement, etc.); parking
busy; hectic; frantic; restless; hurried; fidgety
way of solving (a problem); solution
un-; non-; bad ...; poor ...