to leave as; to view as; to maintain the status quo
declaration; proclamation; announcement
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
substitution (for someone else); substitute; stand-in; scapegoat; sacrifice
reins; bridle; control; the reins (on)
from the bottom of one's heart; heartily; sincerely
respect; esteem; reverence; honour; honor
sense; idea; desire; concern; attention; care
absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic
to drive (e.g. horse, carriage); to control; to manage
(pressing) hard; badgeringly; pesteringly; repeatedly; urgingly
noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled
to draw (a thread); to let out (e.g. a rope); to head out as a group; to set out in large numbers; to send out one after another; to dispatch
small build; small stature; petite; small pattern
distant view; looking from a distance; good long distance vision; farsightedness
to look at; to gaze; to stare at
figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person
one's son; you little bastard; you little brat
luxurious; magnificent; extravagant; sumptuous
glittering; sparkling; glistening; twinkling
to go past (a place or thing); to go beyond
glaringly; dazzlingly; blazingly
excess; surplus; superabundance; overabundance
to hang down (from); to dangle; to be within one's reach; to dangle (before one's eyes); to be completely reliant on; to be entirely dependent on
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
one face; one surface; the whole surface; one aspect; one side; (on) the other hand; one broad, flat object
primary colour; primary color; pure color; unmixed color; original color (of a painting, etc. as opposed to a reproduction)
busyness; a lot of things to do; frequent use; heavy use (of); many uses
very cheesy; very flashy; extremely gaudy
cloth; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
hair or fur on the surface of fabric; pile; growth of hair; hairy legs
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
clothing; costume; outfit; garment; dress
to put on; to wear; to be clad in; to twine around; to twist around; to coil around
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
to bloom; to flower; to blossom; to open