refined; graceful; modest; cultivated; elegant; reserved
incomparable; cannot compare (with); beyond comparison; in another league
barracuda (Sphyraena spp.)
form; shape; figure; appearance; phenomenon
pure gold; solid gold; fine gold
hazy moon (esp. on a spring night)
Department of the Imperial Household
to rise to the surface; to come to the front; to emerge (e.g. from obscurity); to stand out (e.g. against a dark background)
ordinary book; ordinary handwriting
rise (in price or value); appreciation; advance
academic world; academia; academic circles; scientific world; learned circles
panic; scare; alarm; panic; financial panic
book bound in Japanese style
sprout; shoot; bud; germinal disk (in an egg)
to float; to rise to the surface; to stand out; to be visible; to be alienated
to become (a state, condition, etc.)
every month; trite; commonplace; conventional
hoarding; storing away (without using)
document; official papers
broad overview; general survey
900; nine hundred; (arch.) fool; (arch.) idiot
copy; reproduction; replica; facsimile
quality; value; nature; inherent quality; logical quality
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
seducer; smooth talker; picking up women; hitting on women; moderate party; moderate
written work (esp. a bound text, as opposed to a scroll); a text written entirely in kana; graphic novel (esp. one created between the 12th and 19th centuries); notebook (for practicing kana, drawing pictures, etc.); rough draft
late Edo-period novelette about life in the red-light districts
Chinese book; Chinese classics
old woodblock-printed book from the Muromachi period or earlier
place; spot; field; discipline; occasion; situation; scene (of a play, movie, etc.)
to close up; to block up; to fill; to cover
collected papers; collected works; collection of articles and essays