to paint (draw) a picture
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
temptation; allurement; lure; enticement; seduction
high; noble; refined; advanced
to sell (well); to be well known; to be popular; to be famous
paint; coloring materials; colors; colours
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that
crude; rough; plain; humble; shabby
highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
constant; persistent; indecisiveness; usual; normal
being in the capital (i.e. Tokyo, or formerly Kyoto)
house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building
model; dummy; model (profession); fashion model; model (of a vehicle, machine, etc.); version; model (e.g. mathematical)
travel; trip; journey; excursion; tour
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
counter for flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper); (arch.) counter for positions or roles; (arch.) counter for food portions (now only gyōza and soba); counter for ranking level
if only (you) have; as long as (you) have; whenever (you) have
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
to come off; to be removed; to disappear (of pain, a fever, etc.); to be caught; to be harvested; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
ukiyo-e; ukiyoe; Edo-period woodblock print
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
of course; certainly; naturally
hanky-panky; juggling; cheating; deception; smoke and mirrors
artist who produces Western-style paintings
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
(arch.) like that; (arch.) as such; yeah; uh-huh
symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship); certain; unnamed; undisclosed
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
people; (all) persons; you (usu. plural); various
indirection; indirectness
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker