charm; fascination; to charm; to fascinate; to captivate
not officially announced; non-public; unpublished
especially; particularly; above all; portioning out (servings of food)
Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519)
hoarding; storing away (without using)
unpublished; not made public; unlisted (e.g. stock); unreleased; undisclosed
(doing something) regardless of expense
collecting; accumulating; collection (of art, stamps, insects, etc.); garbage collection; waste collection
possessiveness; desire to monopolize (monopolise); desire for control
twentieth century; Nijisseiki pear (variety of nashi); Nijusseiki pear
to become widely known; to become well-known; to spread (of a rumor, reputation, etc.)
undiscovered; not yet found; unexplored
report (of news); reporting; news; information; (media) coverage
outflow; effluence; efflux; outflow (of people, capital, etc.); drain (of gold, talent, etc. from a country); leak (e.g. of personal information)
worldwide; global; international; world-famous; world-class
change; transition; vicissitudes
unspecified; random; indefinite
dispatch; despatch; transmission; informing (e.g. of opinion); sharing (thoughts, etc.); telling
note left by a dead person; suicide note; testamentary letter; posthumous work
(just) out of curiosity; (just) in order to satisfy one's curiosity; aimed chiefly at amusing; sensational (e.g. magazine)
to attract attention; to come into the limelight
official announcement; proclamation
fabrication; forgery; falsehood; hoax
counter for scraps, fragments, petals, etc.
to search (esp. a home in a police search)
one's own handwriting; autograph; as written with a brush
handwriting; calligraphy specimen; example of penmanship; holograph
article left behind (at a crime scene, after death, etc.)
to create (a sensation); to cause (a commotion); to give rise to (controversy); to raise (a cloud of dust); to kick up (dust)
abandonment; giving up; throwing away; disposal; dumping
previous day; day before; eve; prior day; preceding day
note; memorandum; memo; memoirs; personal account
full portrait; whole aspect; full story
to join; to be put together; to combine; to unite; to fit; to close (e.g. of a wound)
to garner interest; to attract attention
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short