writer; painter; drawer; skilful writer; skilful painter
tough; stubborn; determined; severely; heavily; hard
admiration; wonder; astonishment
behavior; behaviour; manner; attitude; bearing
clasp; latch; catch; fastener
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
cooperation; collaboration; help; support
awning (over a window, doorway, etc.); eaves (of a roof); narrow aisle surrounding the core of a temple building; visor (of a cap); brim; classic Japanese women's low pompadour hairstyle
to touch; to feel; to get involved (with); to approach; to be harmful to; to hinder
completely exhausted; dead tired; knackered
houses and inhabitants; population
radiant smile; contented smile
good(-tasting); nice; delicious; attractive (offer, opportunity, etc.); appealing; convenient
casual dish (esp. Japanese food); simple dish
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
chair; seat; stool; post; position; seat
quilt; bedspread; cover (for a kotatsu quilt); cloak; smock
to take off (another's clothes); to strip someone (of their clothes); to undress
early evening (usu. from 3pm to 6pm); dusk
tea (esp. green or barley); tea break; teatime; tea ceremony
bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread
to consider carefully; to deliberate thoroughly; to think over
prosperous; flourishing; popular; widespread; active; lively
chicken; coward; scaredy-cat; chicken
fully; luxuriantly; fluffy; plump; soft and full
candy; sweet; confectionary
to rise high (of water); to overflow; to swell; to be filled with (emotion, energy, etc.); to be bursting with; to be brimming with
to be dyed; to be tainted; to be infected; to be stained
thinly; slightly; vaguely; a little
to loosen; to slacken; to relax (attention, efforts, etc.); to let down (one's guard); to relax (a rule); to ease (e.g. restrictions)
to make good use of; to use to one's advantage
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham
distance; range; difference (e.g. in opinion); gap; metric
bad condition; poor condition; disorder; failure; rupture; breakdown (e.g. of negotiations)
to fabricate; to invent; to make up (a story); to cobble together; to put together (in a slapdash manner)
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
adventure story; novel of adventure
lonely (e.g. person, feeling); lonesome; desolate; deserted; sad; lacking