objet d'art; item of artwork; object; curio
intention; aim; preference (for); orientation (towards a goal)
savage; barbarous; barbaric; uncivilized; uncivilised
heaven-sent child (in answer to a Shinto or Buddhist prayer); child (e.g. of an era); product
person working for someone else (followed by job title); hired
in that manner; like that
joint together; opposite; facing
cook-house; galley; kitchen
field; plain; prairie; moor
exaggerated; overdone; overblown; hyperbolic; bombastic; grandiose
picking herbs and wildflowers (esp. early spring)
to be in beautiful full bloom
memo book; memo pad; notebook; notepad; scratchpad; scratch pad
to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach
(scrutinizing) carefully; (examining) thoroughly; (looking at) closely
elegant; refined; polished; high-quality goods; first-class article
with these words; while saying
like an old man; doddering; wizened; frowzy; seedy
to have something on one's mind; to have (undisclosed) reservations; to feel conflicted
waka; classic Japanese poem, esp. a tanka, often 31 morae
rash; thoughtless; careless; hasty; imprudent
going west; heading westward
missing someone; loathing to part
to spare; to grudge; to regret; to lament; to be reluctant (to do); to be unwilling
standing at attention; standing stiffly upright
bookstore; bookshop; publisher; main building
publisher; publishing house; publishing company
(it was) no bother at all; not at all; it was nothing
how kind of you; that's very nice of you; kindly
from one's home; while sitting at home; without leaving one's house; without moving from one's chair; without taking a step outside
pilgrimage; travelling around (by a monk)
death; the late; the deceased
oneself and others; subject and object; transitivity; transitive verbs and intransitive verbs; first person and third person; self-salvation and salvation by faith
memento (from a dead person); souvenir; keepsake; orphan; posthumous child
drawing a katana and attacking in the same stroke; doing (something) suddenly and without warning; doing without prior notice
collecting bodies (of casualties, etc.); recovering bodies
cancellation; liquidation; resolution; reduction (e.g. of stress)