close (e.g. of business); leaving (e.g. school); being outdone; compare unfavourably (with); closing price (stockmarket); sink mark (casting, moulding)
being second to none; being in a league of one's own
order; command; decree; (software) instruction; statement
to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)
setting the table; laying the table; setting up; getting one's ducks in a row; running interference
finish; finishing; finishing touches
management; administration; cutting up and serving food; cut and fill (e.g. earthwork)
to show respect for; to revere; to honour; to honor; to worship; to hold in esteem
invisibly; secretly; privately
vocal message; speech; statement; prologue at the start of a kabuki performance
factory; plant; mill; workshop
envelope containing betrothal money and given as part of a betrothal gift
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
excuse; explanation; justification; defense; defence
unpleasant; disgusting; loathsome; shameful; scandalous
in a lively way; vividly; freshly; animatedly; actively; energetically
confirmed as completed; everything must go (e.g. in a sale)
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)
to unite; to join; to do together; to confuse with
to make merry; to frolic; to be in high spirits
to buy again; to buy anew
flushing (of one's cheeks); dizziness; rush of blood to the head
incoherent; wandering; vague; rambling; whimsical
to be finished; to be completed; to be done
to worry (about); to fret (over); to be anxious
to pour water (into); to dilute with water; to hinder; to hamper; to throw cold water on
variety; kind; type; counter for kinds, species, etc.
work on paper; text, image or calligraphy on paper
silk canvas; artwork on silk
Mino (former province located in the south of present-day Gifu Prefecture)
Diplomorpha sikokiana (species of flowering plant); paper made from the fibre of this plant
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
coarseness and fineness; sparse or dense (growth)
thin (paper, cloth, porcelain, etc.); of thin make; superficial (knowledge, critique, etc.); shallow; slight wound; slight cut
thick (paper, cloth, etc.); heavy
perception; intuition; the sixth sense
uneasy; unsure; unreliable; untrustworthy; (arch.) nervous; (arch.) impatient
to obtain; to come into possession of; to get hold of; to get one's hands on
not necessarily so; is not always true
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)