to make merry and forget one's troubles; to do as one pleases
to go on the defensive; to play it safe
killer; destroyer; annihilator; seducer; seductress; tempter
(lucky) find; bargain; good buy; treasure trove
target group; target persons
auto; automobile; automatic; oat; oats
repetitious; long-winded; heavy (taste); (overly) rich; gaudy (colour, design, etc.); loud
to stick into (of something with a sharp point); to prick; to pierce; to resonate emotionally; to move
to jump upon (a moving object)
going to and fro; back and forth
genuineness or spuriousness; authenticity; the genuine and the spurious
insight; power of observation
glass sphere; glass bead; glass marble
huge sum (esp. of money); enormous sum; massive amount
seat; bench; temporary job while looking for a better job or until one marries
more; much more; step; rung; paragraph; passage
flowery words; rhetorical flourishes
to place in a row; to line up; to list; to enumerate; to talk a lot of nonsense; to tell a lot of lies
to go through; to pierce; to penetrate; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out; to persist with
the ostentation (bad taste) of the nouveau riche; air of vulgar prosperity
to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. joke)
exposed; scanty; bare; public; open
what's what; heads or tails
pout; displeasure; ill humor; ill humour; sullenness
to serve; to work for; to attend
solitude; loneliness; isolation
to punish; to penalize; to penalise
just because; even if; even though
anyway; anyhow; at any rate; in any case
article specially made to order; made-to-measure (custom-made) article
fashion sense; sense of fashion
to take good care of; to treasure; to value; to hold dear; to prize; to cherish
China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryo system)
camel; camel (cloth); cloth made from camel hair; camel (color); light yellowish brown
common carp (Cyprinus carpio); koi carp
Gamblea innovans (species of deciduous tree); extremely spicy form of chili pepper; variety of high-quality green tea
on the sea; surface of the sea
old tale; folk tale; legend; reminiscence