mud wall; earthen wall; plaster wall
mirror; looking-glass; barrel head; page added at the beginning of a document mentioning its purpose, date, author, etc.; mirror-shaped mochi
pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
bat (Chiroptera spp.); umbrella; opportunist; turncoat
nest; rookery; den; haunt; (spider's) web
faithful; devoted; loyal; honest; true
coating (esp. lacquering)
to be expensive; to be costly
youthful indiscretion; youthful enthusiasm; youthful excess
ten thousand years; eternity; perennial; perpetual
condition; figure; appearance; voice
building; construction; group effort by Buddhist practitioners; group activities by a community (e.g. cleaning, etc.)
Benten (goddess of arts and wisdom)
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
to model on; to make in the shape of; to represent; to symbolise
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
obscene; indecent; lewd; bawdy; loose; improper
to enclose; to surround; to shelter (e.g. a criminal); to shield; to keep (e.g. a mistress); to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.)
ulterior motive; plot; scheme; complicated circumstances; intricacies
to extend; to stretch out; to attend; to participate in; to enrol; to enroll
firmly; absolutely; flatly; by far; far and away; by a long shot
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
to rot; to decay; to die in obscurity; to be forgotten with time
surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality
to put to sleep; to lay (something) on its side
hammer; mallet; sledge(hammer); gavel
strength; intensity; strong (e.g. glasses); powerful (e.g. lens); intense (e.g. fear)
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
to inlay; to insert; to plug in (to a formula); to immerse; to trick; to deceive
to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver
rag; scrap; fault (esp. in a pretense, pretence); defect; run-down; shabby
to give candid advice; to give harsh but honest advice; to admonish
to be jealous of; to be envious of; to envy
crown (of head); summit (of mountain); easy win for one; something received
to go to the top; to climb to the top; to ascend to the top; to be engrossed in; to be very enthusiastic about; to be infatuated with
just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of
finishing blow; coup de grâce
to wither (of a plant); to be blasted; to die; to mature (of one's personality, abilities, etc.)
seeing for the first time; first sight; first meeting; sight-reading
to handle well; to handle deftly; to deal with; to manage; to prepare (meat or fish) for cooking; to dress (meat, etc.)
drop of water; polka dots
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
eggshell-colored traditional Japanese paper made primarily of Diplomorpha sikokiana fibres (high-quality, glossy)