piece; slice; cloth; sharpness; agility; counter for scraps, pieces, etc.
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
subtle; delicate; difficult; complex; doubtful; questionable
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
to house; to contain; to carry (a baby); to be pregnant; (arch.) to give lodging to; (arch.) to accommodate
to spur on; to urge forward; to impel; to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)
thin (of an object); pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.)
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
jaw; chin; barb (of a fishhook)
above; over; top; summit; surface; on (top of); the above (in a piece of writing)
relief; embossed carving; bringing to the fore; throwing something into relief
ordinary; average; common; normal; like the average person; like most people
than; rather than; instead of; from; out of; except
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
Kyoto and vicinity (esp. during Edo period); Kyoto-Osaka region; Kansai region
to be turned up; to be turned inside out; to ride up; to be lifted (e.g. by wind)
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
(physical) form; shape; visage; (facial) features; form (as opposed to substance); manner (of action); (resultant) state
small; fine; detailed; stingy
to have a feeling (that); to have a sensation (that)
generally; on the whole; general; rough; outline; main points
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different
beautiful woman; (a) beauty; belle; good-looker
standard; criterion; norm; average; the norm; the ordinary
to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded
instead; but (on the other hand)
outstandingly; extraordinarily; exceptionally
variety; kind; type; counter for kinds, species, etc.
woman; female; feminine gender
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally
chance; opportunity; occasion
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
Japanese morning glory (Ipomoea nil); picotee morning glory; funnel-shaped object; bell (e.g. of a trumpet); (arch.) rose of Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus)
to exchange glances; to look at each other; to postpone; to put off; to contrast; to compare
nodding; greeting (with eyes)
relationship; relation; terms (good, friendly, etc.)
company employee; member of a corporation; company stockholder (esp. in legal contexts)
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common