competitive exhibition; prize show
prize money; monetary award; reward
entry (in a form, register, diary, etc.); filling in; filling out
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
to express (orally); to put into words; to say out loud
given the situation; now that it has come to this; if it comes to this
to put on clothes; to wear clothes; to be the personification of
to fling; to throw off (clothes); to kick off (boots)
flavoring; flavouring; fragrance; perfume; condolence gift
to sprinkle over (e.g. salt, pepper, etc. on food)
good deed; good conduct; benevolence
reward; recompense; return; punishment; retribution
running errands; going on errands; (transaction of) business; going about one's business; doing one's business (i.e. at the toilet); going to the washroom
older brother; elder brother
busy; having no (free) time
to have an eye on; to zero in on
anyhow; at all events; in any case; either way; anyway
house built like a kura, with the walls covered in mud
copy (of the real thing); copying; reproduction; tracing
(just) making sure; just to be sure; just in case; for caution's sake
establishment; settlement
repayment; redemption; amortization; amortisation
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
secret techniques (of an art or skill); inner mysteries; essence; quintessence; heart
joint; seam; joining point
to yearn for (someone, something); to miss
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
subtle; delicate; difficult; complex; doubtful; questionable
to abate; to weaken; to be emaciated; to be dejected; to be perplexed
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
(sound of) laughter; laughing voice
plausible; believable; solemn; dignified; serious
only recently; just of late
to show signs; to have symptoms; to give indications (of); to bud; to germinate; to sprout
gradually; slowly; little by little; incrementally
miserable; wretched; unhappy; sad; pitiable
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently