plan; idea; design; taste; liking; preference
to concentrate; to focus on; to devote; to stiffen; to become tense
roommate; person sharing a room; flatmate
suggestion; proposition; proposal; submission (of a bill); motion; proposal
application; entry; request; subscription; offer; proposal
dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty
green pheasant (Phasianus versicolor); Japanese green pheasant
stuffed specimen; taxidermy mount; stuffing; mounting
to put on weight; to gain weight; to grow fat; to get stout
Latin alphabet; Roman alphabet; romaji; romanized Japanese; system of transliterating Japanese into the Latin alphabet
abstaining from smoking; quitting smoking; prohibition of smoking; No Smoking; Smoking Prohibited
to give up smoking; to stop smoking
day in question; appointed day; that very day; the day (of issue, publication, etc.)
open; public; overt; free; unreserved; uninhibited
to suck; to draw out; to aspirate; to start to suck; to begin sucking
lead nowhere; get one nowhere; no use; fruitless; there's no point (in doing)
the art of war; martial arts; military force; the sword; (arch.) valor; (arch.) bravery
magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly
gagaku; ceremonial Japanese court music
key; mode (in gagaku); time; tempo; meter (of a poem); metre; style
in any case; at any rate; anyhow; because; since; for
unevenness (of colour, paint, etc.); irregularity; unevenness (of quality, results, behaviour, etc.); inconsistency; fickleness; capriciousness
to make noise; to make racket; to rustle; to swoosh; to make merry; to clamor; to clamour
seven-and-five-syllable meter
(arch.) Japan; the eight Edo-period provinces of Kanto (Sagami, Musashi, Awa, Kazusa, Shimousa, Hitachi, Kouzuke and Shimotsuke)
build; physique; frame; constitution
look (in someone's eyes); expression (of the eyes); eyes
several people; some people; a few people; a number of people
group; crowd; flock; herd; bevy; school
devoting oneself to; concentrating on; being an ardent admirer of; (arch.) tipping over and collapsing
revival (of an old system, custom, fashion, etc.); restoration; return; resurrection; rebirth
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