a lot; many; (not) much; (not) many; almost (none)
thoughtlessly; rashly; unwisely; halfway; half-done; incomplete
being put to shame; being outshone; being eclipsed; feeling embarrassed
to take a breather; to take a rest; to take a break
(short) rest; breather; break
sobering up; method of sobering up
to turn someone down (on some pretext) without offending them; to refuse gracefully; to decline politely
lintel (esp. one with grooves for sliding doors)
tall figure; high stature
to enter (house, room, etc.); to step in
wooden floor; room with a wooden floor; changing room (at a public bath)
beauty; good figure; (beautiful) appearance; beautification; beauty treatment; beauty culture
anything and everything; from top to toe; from A to Z
trivial; insignificant; meager; meagre; that little amount; such a small extent
civilization; civilisation; enlightenment
novel from the late Edo period focused on the love stories of ordinary townsfolk
a verse (e.g. in the Bible); stanza; paragraph; passage; a joint; section
mask; disguise; guise; mask
doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion
to choose at one's own discretion; to choose when to do something; to estimate (the time for something)
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
dusk; twilight; twilight years; melancholia; melancholic nostalgia
tiger beetle (esp. the Japanese tiger beetle, Cicindela japonica); blister beetle; oil beetle
reserve; spare; preparation; preliminaries
to get up (from sitting); to stand up; to (finally) start to do something; to get off one's backside; to take action
to lay aside; to set aside
supper; night meal; late-night snack; "fourth meal"; midnight snack
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
thick; deep; kind; cordial; abundant
cherry tree; cherry blossom; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder; horse meat
sweet flag (Acorus calamus); calamus; Japanese iris (Iris ensata var. ensata)
quotient; dealing; dealer; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (China, approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty
rhyming game; play on words; pun