impression given by a painting or image
bizarre; strange; eccentric; odd; queer
cinnamon roll; cinnamon snail; cinnamon bun
confections; sweets; candy; cake
affectation; showiness; pretence
presentation (e.g. of a gift)
shell (of crab, tortoise, etc.); carapace; person's back; years of experience
of no use whatsoever; good for nothing; useless
bunch of flowers; bouquet
to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters); to bundle; to govern; to manage; to fold (one's arms); to put together (one's hands)
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
mixing; compounding; dispensing (e.g. prescription)
with curious eyes; curiously
to search about for; to hunt around for; to look high and low for; to look everywhere for
if that's the case ...; if so ...; that being the case ...
though one didn't intend (expect) to
being startled; getting a shock
causing concern; (lit.) bad for the heart
shortcake (layered cream and fruit cake; in Japan, made with sponge cake)
minimum; minuscule; local minimum
fortunate person; lucky fellow; lucky dog
to quieten down; to fall silent; to cease activities; to become inactive; to lie low
continuously; from beginning to end; from first to last
being in dire distress; being hard put to it; the four and eight kinds of suffering
just the other day; quite recently
word; word; Word; Microsoft Word
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
to make an onslaught (on); to close in (on)
cooperation; collaboration
very interesting; of great interest
amount of experience; experience level; experience point; exp; XP
contrary to expectations; or so we thought, but ...
anti-cavalry palisade (Sengoku period)
opportunity to show one's abilities; time to show one's stuff; one's province