to sit down; to take a seat
to win; to gain; to earn; to spread (one's name, etc.)
inferior; base; vulgar; low grade; lower class
exquisiteness; charm; beauty; advantage; profit; gain
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
writing (an essay, prose, etc.); composition; formal writing with little real meaning
this and that; one thing or another
already; now; by this time; quick; early; fast
to behave; to conduct oneself; to entertain; to treat someone (to a drink); to make tea for someone (tea ceremony)
every month; monthly; month by month
to put all one's skill (into doing something); to do something to the best of one's ability
character portrayal; characterization
to feel around for; to fumble for; to investigate; to probe into; to explore (parts unknown); to enjoy (natural beauty)
about 80%; almost certainly; mostly
maze; labyrinth; inner ear
to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of
mechanic; mechanical; mechanism; technique (e.g. in piano-playing)
style (of a work, author, artist, etc.); characteristics
absolutely every little bit; everything from A to Z; systematically; thoroughly; one after another
poverty; penury; need; shortage; lack; want
taking care of one's health; recuperation; covering (with a protective material); coating; curing (concrete)
native Japanese reading of a Chinese character; precept; lesson; one's teachings
heeding; paying attention; bearing in mind
fiction; made-up story; fable; fabrication; myth
degeneration; decadence; deterioration; laxness; corruption
to closely resemble; to suit well; to match well; to go well with
ordinary person; average person; mediocre person
fairy tale; fairy story; nursery tale
person of high standing facing no opposition and with a warped view of reality; (lit.) naked emperor
question to be settled first; first consideration
color-blindness; colour-blindness
cave-in; collapse; sinking; depression (e.g. of the skull); subsidence
feudal era; feudal times; feudal period; feudal age; age of feudalism
traditional cap worn by Shinto clergy and courtiers; crown; diadem; top kanji radical; first verse of a haikai, etc.; best; peerless
cucumber (Cucumis sativus)
restriction; restraint; binding; constraint
foot of a mountain; base of a mountain; mine; colliery; owner of a mountain; operator of a mine
bearing no comparison with; not to be mentioned in the same breath as