dignity; quality; grace; panache; level
bad form or manners; indecency; impropriety
cloth; fabric; dough; batter; inherent quality; one's true character; unglazed pottery
neri yōkan; firm adzuki-bean jelly
adzuki bean (Vigna angularis)
yōkan; jellied dessert made from red bean paste, agar, and sugar
selfish; self-seeking; self-interested; mean
to become vulgar; to coarsen
high; noble; refined; advanced
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
to taste; to savor; to appreciate; to enjoy; to experience; to go through
resultant force; assistance; help; donation; alms
herculean strength; mountain carrier-guide
to look up (at); to look up to; to respect; to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to depend on
just managing; with great difficulty
pitch; tone; time; tempo; mood; tendency
dawn; daybreak; event (e.g. "in the event of ..."); occasion; occurrence
waste; scrap; garbage; scum; piece of trash; loser
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them
(token amount of) consolation money
upright; honest; faithful; conscientious; sincere
inquiry into; enquiry into; prying (into); investigation; search; exploration
scrutiny; digging into; excavation; inquiry into; enquiry into; prying
greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice
(balance) scales; shoulder carrying pole; steelyard
assistance; support; subsidy; supplement; auxiliary; subsidiary
decision; judgment; resolution
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
arguing back and forth; bandying words; verbal tug-of-war
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
naturally; in due course; by itself; of its own accord
(musical) time; tempo; beat; the moment; the instance; chance
cover (of a book, magazine, etc.); binding; appearing on the cover of a magazine
to affect; to impact; to influence
non-stop talking; speaking indiscreetly; chattering; thin; flimsy
use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation
effect; efficacy; validity; potency
contrary; opposite; inverse; reverse; back-to-front
to talk down; to corner someone in an argument
one's say; one's point; complaint; grievance; objection