carefully made; carefully produced; quality product; product made with care
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
to imitate; to copy; to mock; to trace; to forge
left arm; left-handed (baseball pitcher)
restoration (to original state or location); reconstruction; reversion
gold (Au); golden; prosperous; money (esp. ōban coin); cash
apple (fruit); apple tree (Malus pumila)
theory; doctrine; opinion; view; rumour; rumor
memory; recollection; remembrance; storage
unique; individual; original; unusual
now that; since; so long as; because
accessory; fittings; appurtenances
despite; in spite of; not worrying about; without fear of
to surpass; to outstrip; to excel
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
to anticipate; to foresee
mechanism; machinery; trick; dodge; mechanical doll; string puppet
book making (binding, publishing)
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
to become famous; to go out into the world; to make one's way in the world; to appear
ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
artistry; artistic quality; artistic character
to look downwards (at); to lower one's gaze; to drop one's eyes
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; tidy; frank; open-hearted; completely
one thin flat object; one sheet
consenting to; being convinced of; being satisfied; understanding
there in body, but not in spirit; distracted; in one ear and out the other
children's story; fairy tale
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial
above ground; on the ground; earth's surface; this world; this earth
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
starfish; sea star; asteroid; northern Pacific seastar (Asterias amurensis)
(doing) various things; (doing) this and that; being apt to; being prone to; at any rate; anyhow
simile; metaphor; allegory; parable
frame; framework; outline
to decide; to determine; to establish; to lay down; to bring peace (to); to make peaceful
getting closer; drawing nearer; being not much different; being near (age, skill, etc.); becoming close (i.e. friendly); becoming intimate
to choose one's words (with care); to be careful with one's words
impressions; thoughts; feelings; reactions