white plaster wall; tofu; bean curd
tedium; boredom; dullness; to feel bored; to get bored with; to get tired of
counter for books; volume
woman; lady; adult female
illustration appearing in the first pages of a publication; frontispiece
photograph; photo; picture; moving picture; movie
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
secret (method, trick, etc.); key (e.g. to success); mysteries (of an art, trade, etc.); recipe; trick
itemized form; itemised form; itemization; itemisation
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
counter for the ichi-ni-san counting system (usu. directly preceding the item being counted); a noun read using its on-yomi
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
style; way; shape; form; appearance; state
to turn over (face down); to lay face down; to point downwards (eyes, head, etc.); to cast down (eyes); to lie (one's body) face down; to lie flat (on the ground)
such; this sort of; like this
kana; Japanese syllabary (i.e. hiragana, katakana)
to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest
blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature
drifting cloud; floating cloud; instability
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
precious stone (esp. jade); egg (sometimes esp. as a sushi topping); stock or security being traded; product being bought or sold; position (in finance, the amount of a security either owned or owed by an investor or dealer); geisha; time charge for a geisha
body; group; party; gang; troupe; troop
more; much more; step; rung; paragraph; passage
poem; poetry; verse; Chinese poem
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
section (i.e. of text); sentence; phrase; verse (of 5 or 7 mora in Japanese poetry; of 4, 5, or 7 characters in Chinese poetry); haiku; first 17 morae of a renga, etc.
scenery; scene; landscape
to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand
possibly; perhaps; perchance; unintentionally; accidentally
to take a fancy to something; to be moved; to feel inclined to
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
thesis; essay; treatise; paper; article
loitering; roaming; sauntering; wandering about; prowling
piece (scrap, bit, strip) of paper
piece of paper; slip of paper; strip of paper; scrap of paper
operating room; operating theatre
to call in; to invite; to bring in