something that will help develop one's artistic skill
to consider others' feelings; to sympathize with somebody's feelings
faking crying; crocodile tears
furniture store; furniture dealer
to compete for the first place; to be one of the best
to decorate; to prettify; to attach a decorative sticker, cover, bauble, etc. to a cell phone, notebook, slippers, etc.
ammunition depot; ammunition dump; powder magazine
(person who has the) hands of God; master; virtuoso
suspension bridge; rope bridge
lint (as in a clothes dryer or a pocket); waste thread; fibers, such as might wrap around the gears in small mechanisms and cause them to jam; fluff
young female TV announcer (who also frequently functions as a television talent doing on-location fluff pieces for variety shows)
perversity; perverse person; antagonistic demon in Japanese folklore; demon under the feet of temple guardian statues
heart disease; heart trouble; cardiopathy
upper; upward; outer; surface; top
irregular pulse; arrhythmia
measured amount (esp. of medicine); dosing; manner of seasoning; making adjustments based on experience; doing something by feel
medical expenses; doctor's bill
something or other; anything
miko; shrine maiden; young girl or woman (trad. an unmarried virgin) who assists priests at shrines; medium; sorceress; shamaness
waiting; expectation; standby image (on a mobile phone); (phone) wallpaper
doctor's rounds (in hospital)
making a strange face; strange face
turning point; change; transition; (arch.) point of difference
to begin making a sound (ringing, singing, crying, etc.)
modulation (of voice); variation; variety; liveliness (e.g. of writing style)
tug of war (orig. a form of divination to predict whether the year will be favourable or unfavourable); forward puller (of a rickshaw)
first term; first half-year; preceding period; early period
preface; introduction; lead in (to a joke, question, etc.); lead up; payment in advance (by bank transfer); swinging (one's body) forward
assertiveness; positiveness; initiative; spirit of enterprise