national character; regional character
aesthetic sense; sense of beauty; eye for the beautiful
selection; choice; option
prizing; valuing highly; esteeming
blindness; blind person; illiteracy; illiterate person; ignorance; ignoramus
shameful; disgraceful; indecent; unseemly; unbecoming; improper
holy mother; birth mother of a holy man (or woman); Virgin Mary
(not) at all; completely; utterly; very; extremely
to trouble; to bother; to annoy; to give trouble
focus (e.g. photographic); focal point
to be reflected (in); to be mirrored (in); to impress (a person)
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
captive; prisoner; victim (of love, etc.); slave (to one's lust, etc.)
to cock one's head in puzzlement; to tilt one's head in contemplation; to wrack one's brain; to think hard
outer canthus; outer corner of the eye
cheap; rash; thoughtless; careless
to think of; to come up with
individual; distinctive; unique; characteristic; personal; idiosyncratic
to change; to shift; to come and go
to despair of; to see the vanity of
communality; community; having something in common
all; everything; entirety; absolutely (not); (not) at all; (none) whatsoever
disadvantage; handicap; drawback; inadvisability; inexpediency; loss
pending; undecided; unconvicted; awaiting judgement
other than; excluding; without
distance from the seam in the back of a kimono to the end of the sleeve
at the mercy of (e.g. wind, waves); (act) as one is told (by)
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
to stretch larger; to enlarge (photos); to delay (e.g. the end of a meeting)
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
is something wrong?; what's wrong?; what's the matter?; slightest; mere; trivial
gap; break; pause; interval; cut; incision
lukewarm; tepid; half-hearted; vague; lenient; mild
to light (a candle, lamp, etc.); to turn on (a light)
to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
to get torn; to tear; to rip; to be broken off (of negotiations, etc.); to break down; to collapse
separation (e.g. of rubbish when recycling); classification; discrimination; division; distinction
alluring words; endearing words; sugared words; sweet words; honeyed words; flattery