adding eyes and other finishing touches to an animal painting
fresco; mural; wall painting
to offer; to present; to serve (food and drink); to offer (to the gods); to set up (before an altar)
polish (jewels); cultivation
tattoo (esp. a traditional Japanese one); tattooing
Taiwan cherry (Prunus campanulata); winter cherry tree
... all over again (repeating the same failure)
this and that; various things
nonchalantly; without a care
to tag along; to follow; to tail; to leave tracks; to leave footprints
to look back on (the past); to reflect on; to look behind (at); to turn round (and look); to consider; to concern oneself about
fantastic; grotesque; strange-looking; suspicious-looking
great achievement; great feat; great work; great undertaking
unusual; serious; incomparable
wanderer; vagabond; capricious person; hobo
to follow; to accompany; to cleave to; to join up with; to obey implicitly; to flatter
front and rear; before and after; order; sequence; consequences; context
hanging silk; curtain; tapestry; veil
economical; bargain; good value; good-value
inner part of a house (near the kitchen, living room, etc.); family matters; household affairs; personal business
to catch and tie up; to apprehend; to entangle; to trap; to brush out (e.g. dust, fur, plaque); to extract
rock; boulder; crag; cliff; anchor
government office; government agency; authorities
urgent report; urgent message
to throw; to fling; to hurl; to neglect; to abandon; to leave alone
mobilization; mobilisation
unfortunately; regrettably; sad to say
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
calamity; disaster; accident
staff officer; military staff; adviser; counselor; counsellor
to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out
cloud; look of the sky; kabuki accessory representing a cloud; type of strange mist appearing in the sky, used for divination
shape; appearance; collateral; obverse of an old "zeni" coin