cased; boxed; precious; cherished; girl who has been sheltered from the world; one's special talent
100% buckwheat soba; soba made from buckwheat flour only, without the addition of wheat flour
thin; slender; fine; unlucky
to screw; to twist; to distort; to parody; to torture; to wrest
to come to like a lot; to fall in love
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
to master (a skill); proprietor; manager; leader; chief; master (of arts, science, etc.); master (recording)
loss (of assets, profit, etc.)
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
spine (of book); binding (of book)
thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
regrettable; disappointing; precious; dear; too good for; deserving better
opposite effect; adverse effect; backfiring
to fold up; to fold into layers
pressing; stamping; press (machine); the press; news media; military press (weight lifting)
deep (colour); dark; strong (flavour, smell, etc.); thick (consistency); dense; strong (possibility, etc.)
weight; weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; importance; significance
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
still more; even more; much more; increased; greater
one thin flat object; one sheet
opportunity; chance; folding; fold; small food box (wooden or cardboard); folding in ... (two, three, etc.); counter for folded items
counter for flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper); (arch.) counter for positions or roles; (arch.) counter for food portions (now only gyōza and soba); counter for ranking level
distinctly (standing out); clearly; in sharp relief; boldly
completion; finish; workmanship; result; outcome
smoothly; with a slipping or sliding motion
body of a garment; bodice
sleeve; wing (of a stage, desk, gate, etc.)
collar; lapel; neckband; nape of the neck; scruff of the neck
to remove; to eliminate; to eradicate; to exclude; to except
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently
oblong; vertical writing style (e.g. on envelopes); portrait orientation
folding into four; quarto
six; six years of age; six o'clock (old time system)
adjustment; regulation; coordination; reconciliation; tuning; fixing
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)
unreliable; undependable; helpless; forlorn; worried; uneasy
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)
feeling; sensation; mood; sensation of doing
to differ; to vary; to disagree