society; company; the public; the world
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
western direction; Western Pure Land (Amitabha's Buddhist paradise); western fighter in a match (e.g. sumo)
hill; height; knoll; bonus points awarded to the winner at the end of a game
to charm; to attract; to fascinate; to entice
(one's) figure; build; physique; style
to harvest; to reap; to take in; to gather in; to adopt (e.g. idea); to accept (e.g. advice)
foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese
form of verse; verse form; poetic form
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
to try; to attempt; to have a go (at something)
modern civilization; modern civilisation
to put someone to work; to make someone work
to grapple with; to wrestle with; to engage in a bout; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to come to grips with; to work hard on
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
trivial; not amounting to much; not a big deal
to mask; to cover; to cloak; to hide; to conceal
to cut off; to cut up; to tear to pieces
to stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
to slip out; to steal out; to excel; to stand out
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
woodcut; woodblock print; art print
characteristic; feature; idiosyncrasy; spot color (in printing)
to discuss; to talk about; to argue; to dispute; to take into consideration; to make an issue of
frank; candid; straightforward; openhearted; direct; outspoken
true character; true heart; true spirit
On the Origin of Species (Charles Darwin, 1859); origin of species
home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
colonization; colonisation