lovely; wonderful; nice; great; fantastic; superb
perversity; perverse person; antagonistic demon in Japanese folklore; demon under the feet of temple guardian statues
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
statue; picture; picture revealing character
to clear up; to become cloudless; to be refreshed
sentiment; emotions; one's feelings; one's heart
someone with a liking or characteristic; a true representative of (place)
once; one time; exclusively; only; alone
to stray from the right path; to go wrong; to go off the rails; to turn delinquent
older brother; elder brother
woodcutter; lumberjack; logger
master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy
to order; to command; to appoint
messy; confused; chaotic; complaining about various things
to fill to capacity; to pack; to complete; to tessellate
to bring out (the effect of); to put to good use; to make use of (e.g. threats); to use (tact, wit, etc.); to exercise; to display
aimless; rambling; desultory; casual
furthermore; adding to the above-mentioned; not quite; not very good; lacking
to be added to; to be appended; to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate; to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence)
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
to throw; to fling; to heave; to toss
cold dish (e.g. at a restaurant)
sermon; preaching; remonstration; scolding; lecturing
Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
katsuobushi; small pieces of sliced dried bonito
umeboshi; pickled dried ume; pickled dried plum
to entwine; to twine around; to coordinate (with); to arrest
to stimulate one's appetite; to whet one's appetite
men's language; male language
being a poor loser; unwillingness to admit defeat; sour grapes
reading out and comparing (e.g. proofs against a manuscript); read-through (of a script)
dispute; strife; quarrel; dissension; conflict; rivalry
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
to make the sign of the cross; to bless oneself; to cross oneself
be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
having said that; be that as it may
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight