drawing; picture; diagram; sight; scene
elegance; grace; festal song (genre of the Shi Jing)
to mend; to patch up; to fix (hair, clothes, appearance, etc.); to adjust; to keep up appearances; to cover up (e.g. a mistake)
evening; early night hours
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
to have tears in one's eyes; to be moved to tears
manly; masculine; like a man
to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason
to get angry; to take offense; to take offence; to be furious
Atai (post-Taika hereditary title often given to regional administrators)
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
unfaithfulness; infidelity; unchastity
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; clumsy; unskilled
(endlessly) doting (on someone); (constantly) petting (somebody) as if they were a pet
lead nowhere; get one nowhere; no use; fruitless; there's no point (in doing)
to grow timid; to cower; to become perverse; to become contrary; to be cramped; to be constrained
to do exactly what one is told to do; to be subservient; to be easily controlled
to overdo; to do too much
by nature; by birth; naturally; natural; innate
countenance; features; looks
criticism; critique; review; commentary
cannot help (doing); have no choice but to; am compelled to; am obliged to; it is incumbent upon (me) to
indication; sign; hint; tone (of the market)
to sprawl; to lie sprawled; to stretch oneself out; to lie relaxed on one's side
stairs; stairway; staircase
late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late; too late; having missed the boat
(large) parrot (incl. the cockatoo)
(large) parrot (incl. the cockatoo)
reversal; return; return gift; return favour (favor); barb (on a fishing hook); mixture of soy sauce, sugar and mirin
quotation; abstract; selection; summary
reliable; dependable; trustworthy; sure
to throw oneself (e.g. off a cliff, etc.)
quite clearly; quite distinctly; perfectly; exactly
to listen carefully; to strain one's ears
happy event; cause for celebration; congratulations
every man knows his own business best; one should go to specialists for the best results; (lit.) for rice cakes, (go to) the rice cake shop
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight