substantial; real (as opposed to nominal)
luxury grocery item (e.g. alcohol, coffee, tea, tobacco); indulgence; something consumed for taste or stimulant effect rather than nourishment
to be degraded; to come down in the world; to lose status; to be ruined; to fall low
soft (and fluffy) (e.g. bed, bread, baked potato); (arch.) absent-mindedly
(Japanese) Monopoly Bureau
seer; pioneer; leading spirit; enlightened person
to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart
economic; financial; economical; thrifty; frugal
gold-colored paper wrapped around the tip of a cigarette (coloured)
prime minister; chancellor (Germany, Austria, etc.); premier
official residence (e.g. of the prime minister)
fingertip; finger; toe tip; toe
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
to render futile; to bring to naught; to waste; to not make good use of
quotient; dealing; dealer; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (China, approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty
health (concerns, reasons, etc.)
abstaining from smoking; quitting smoking; No Smoking!; Smoking Prohibited!
(period of) a year; during an era
800; eight hundred; multitude; large number
to grow thickly; to be in full leaf; to be rampant; to luxuriate; to be luxurious
praiseworthy; commendable; laudable; strange (person); weird; odd
Tayama Katai (1872.1.22-1930.5.13)
Yamato (province); Japan; the art of classical Japanese poetry
to shine; to be visible; to be tinged with; to rise (of water levels); to flow in; to be felt (i.e. as an emotion); to come over one
cigarette end; cigarette butt; tobacco ashes
distaste; unsavoriness; unsavouriness
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
some; several; many; how many; how much; very
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
former state; former appearance