personal; individual; private
sharp (knife, claws, etc.); pointed; sharp (pain, tone, etc.); acute; keen (intuition, sense of smell, etc.); acute
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
open; unconcealed; undisguised; broad; lewd; indecent
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
construction; architecture (of buildings)
planting a field with the same crop each year; repeated cultivation; collaborative literary work; story made up by several writers working on it in turn; series (of novels); cycle (of poems, songs)
novel; story; (work of) fiction
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
intermediate coat of paint or lacquer; second coat
to leave (a matter, decision, etc. to someone); to entrust (to someone); to leave (to chance, one's imagination, etc.); to let (take its own course); to use (money, strength, spare time, etc.) to the full; to use freely
final coat (of paint, plaster, varnish, etc.); finish; glazing; adding more of the same (of something negative, e.g. shame)
order (from one's superior); command; what you say; (someone's) words
yours sincerely; respectfully yours
stern; grave; solemn; sobersided
polite; courteous; hospitable; careful; handled with great care; treated with attention
directions; instructions; orders; command
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
to finish writing; to complete; to write down (e.g. a list); to write out
fresco; mural; wall painting
large-scale work; voluminous work; monumental work; great work; masterpiece
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
lately; recently; nowadays; terribly; awfully; extremely
Imperial Academy art exhibition
one stroke (of a brush); a few lines (of writing); note; writing in one go (without stopping to apply more ink to the brush); parcel (of land); same handwriting
honour; honor; glory; privilege
to bow; to worship; to receive; to see
to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk; to get plastered
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
greatness; excellence; magnificence
appreciation (of art, music, poetry, etc.)
thoroughly; through and through; out and out; in every way; from beginning to end; from start to finish
force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; impulse
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger