box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
author (usu. of a particular book); writer
present; gift; to give a present or gift
holiday house; vacation home; villa; prison; jail
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
Saint Laurent (wine grape variety); Sankt Laurent; St. Laurent
to change clothes (on someone else, e.g. child, doll); to change the wallpaper or skin (of a smart phone, etc.)
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like
shoe; shoes; boots; footwear; footgear
Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)
Whinston; Winston; Wiston
gold mine; treasure trove; golconda; (lit.) mountain of treasures
wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to
young lady of noble birth; princess (esp. in Western contexts, tales, etc.); girl; small; cute; (arch.) prostitute
(camera) shutter; shutter (for a door, window, etc.)
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up
huff!; yo-heave-ho!; heigh-ho; to butter up; to suck up to
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
the Horse (seventh sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Horse (around noon, 11am-1pm, or 12 noon-2pm); south; fifth month of the lunar calendar
so-so; passable; now, now; my, my
elephant (Elephantidae spp.)
for the first time in one's life
since one was born; (in) all one's life
composition; piece of music; tune; melody; enjoyment; fun
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
middle of the night; dead of night