to play an instrument (esp. string instruments); to dance
long, narrow strip of paper on which Japanese poems are written (vertically); tanzaku; thin rectangle
whirling; revolving; coiling around; winding around; working tirelessly; working hard
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
name of store; trade name (esp. of a sole proprietorship); stage name (e.g. of actor)
opening a new shop; opening a shop (for the day)
on bad terms; at loggerheads
worry; fear; anxiety; concern
to follow; to come along with one; to accompany
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
hair color; hair colour; fur color; disposition; type; kind
to that extent; accordingly; that being the case; that state; that condition
pride; boast; credit (to)
to touch (a person's) heart; to impress (a person)
cloudiness; cloudy weather; fog (on a mirror, glasses, etc.); cloud (e.g. in marble); gloom; dejection
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
field of flowers; flower garden; flower bed
hills and fields; hill and dale
to cut off; to excise; to tear off; to cut out; to whittle down; to tear out
to perfect; to detail; to polish; (arch.) to make (inside something)
innocent; chaste; naive; pure; unmixed; genuine
to make muddy (of a liquid); to make cloudy; to make turbid; to make ambiguous; to evade (e.g. the point); to be noncommittal about
prosperity; flourishing; thriving
(eating up) quickly; in no time; quickly (sticking out one's tongue); licking; licking up; (peeling off) in one go
to put out one's tongue; to stick out one's tongue
something's wrong (with someone); not right (in the head); not oneself; crazy; nuts
to attract attention; to come into the limelight
solo exhibition; one-man exhibition; one-woman exhibition
unthinkable; unimaginable; terrible; awful; (arch.) very
follow; following (on social media, esp. Twitter); follow-up; following up; backing-up; covering for; follow-up shot
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
imperfect; incomplete; faulty; defective
contention; competition; rivalry; quarrel
eyes; expression of the eyes; area around the eyes; skin round one's eyes
nature; disposition; temperament; qualities; attributes; talents
spiritual plane; spiritual aspect; mental level
the truth; fact; as it is; as you are; frank; bare plain
service business (hotel, restaurant, entertainment); service industry