action; movements; motions; bearing; behaviour; behavior
craftsman; artisan; craft; craftsmanship; plot; scheme
art; craft; accomplishment; artistic skill; technique; performance
link; connection; filler; stopgap (job, budget, etc.); thickener (e.g. in cooking); thickening; hedging
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
scenery; scene; landscape; scene (e.g. of a crime)
kabuki; Japanese classical drama
going down the road; travelling; lyric composition describing scenery a traveler sees on the way (traveller); eloping
to cut out; to clip from; to extract
affixing; pasting; sticking
district; quarter; enclosure; area enclosed by earthwork; red-light district
district; quarter; enclosure; area enclosed by earthwork; red-light district; wide and empty
entertainer (esp. in a traditional art); performer; artiste; talented person; accomplished person
juice; sap; soup; broth; (dipping) sauce
to fail; to screw up; to stuff up
calm; serenity; tranquillity; tranquility
to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid
hard to believe; fabulous; unbelievable; incredible
outward appearance; apparent
sexually transmitted disease; social disease
the mere shadow of one's former self; the ruin of what one once was
complete stranger; total stranger
mischief; prank; pastime; hobby; playing with (a lighter, etc.); fooling around with
treatment; reception; service; working conditions; salary; pay
stretching a rope around; roping off; one's turf; domain; territory (of an animal)
looking for a particular person or thing; searching high and low; hunting for; picking out; singling out
to beg; to ask; to request; to invite
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
postponement; deferment; extension (of time)
to receive by requesting earnestly; to beg
to step back; to walk backwards
certainly; for sure; distinctly; clearly; firmly; tightly
to clasp together (esp. hands); to entwine (e.g. fingers)
to count on one's fingers; to count down the days (in anticipation); to look forward to
Japanese mugwort (Artemisia princeps); mugwort (any plant of genus Artemisia); wormwood; sagebrush
multiflora rose (Rosa multiflora); baby rose; Japanese rose
to color; to colour; to paint; to touch up (by tracing the same image, letter, etc.)
reflective water surface; reflecting water
long, kimono-like garment, made of light fabric and worn under the kimono; under-kimono