taste (in goods, etc.); manners; etiquette; modesty; restraint; knowledge, experience (of the arts, etc.)
marked; pronounced; showing a strong tendency (towards)
strictly; severely; rigidly
work of art; artwork; objet d'art
general public; the masses
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
personality; style; appearance
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
to fall on one's backside; to be exhausted; to lose strength; to lose one's abilities
often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently
the imperial family or household
use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement
heir; successor; family estate; family fortune; headship of a family
to keep secret; to conceal
nothing; naught; nought; un-; non-
layman (esp. as opposed to a Buddhist monk); laity; local manners; modern customs; common; popular
unsightly; ugly; unseemly; indecent; deplorable; disgraceful
opposition; rebellion; rebounding; recoiling; rally (e.g. in stock prices); recovery
opposition; rebellion; rebounding; recoiling; rally (e.g. in stock prices); recovery
protection; advocacy; support; to protect (e.g. rights, etc.); to advocate (e.g. free trade, etc.); to support
double-edged; double-edged blade
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
being caught in one's own trap; being hoisted by one's own petard
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
direct; frank; straightforward; decisive; prompt
ignoring; disregarding; taking no notice of; refusing to comment on; turning a deaf ear to
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
hard of hearing; unfamiliar
certainly; absolutely; (not even) a little bit; diligently; dreams
nail; spike; tack; rivet; brad; (pachinko) pin
term; terminology; wording; choice of words; phraseology
to criticize; to point out faults; to speak ill of
scaffold; scaffolding; foothold; footing; foothold (e.g. in business); foundation
to lead into; to draw into
repetitious; long-winded; heavy (taste); (overly) rich; gaudy (colour, design, etc.); loud
to omit; to leave out; to exclude; to curtail; to save; to cut down