elevation; rise; improvement; advancement; progress
main; principal; main dish; main course; main part; principal part
long, slender and well-proportioned; smooth, continuous (movement)
to trail (of smoke, clouds, etc.); to hang (of mist, haze, etc.); to lie (over); to linger; to flow (e.g. of hair in the wind)
Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times
looks; personal appearance; features
perfect; complete; flawless
fat; chubby; fatso; fatty; fat person
to supplement; to make up for; to compensate for; to cover (a shortage, loss, etc.); to fill (e.g. a vacancy)
adult (esp. person 20 years old or over); grownup; becoming an adult; coming of age; growing up (to be a man, woman)
reinforcement; augmentation; strengthening; increase; buildup
fault; defect; flaw; failure (in an examination); failing grade
cold and heat; (degree of) temperature
(not) so; (not) particularly; (not) very; (not) that much
first arrival; first in race; suit of clothes
for use by children; for children
to give directions; to issue instructions
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to be about to leave; to be just going out
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
underground space; subterranean space; subterranea
thermal energy; heat energy
barrier; protective wall; obstacle; hindrance; imaginary shield that gives one invincibility or immunity
change; modification; alteration; revision; amendment
exhaustion; consumption; using up; dissipation; waste
if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle
supply; supplying; replenishment
to rule; to govern; to administer
individual; private person; personal; private
partly burned charcoal; (arch.) servant boy at a brothel or teahouse
trusting too much; overestimating ability
thump-thump; bang-bang; pit-a-pat; to beat fast (of one's heart); to throb; to pound
using together (jointly); used at the same time
harsh (taste, feeling, etc.); acrid; sharp (language, question, etc.); biting; nasty; gross
among these; between these; of these; in here; in this