skillful; skilful; adroit; clever; shrewd; ingenious
billboard; advertising sign
scrawl; scribble; graffiti; doodle
publicity; advertisement; advertising; propaganda
to paint over; to paint out; to fill in; to cover completely (with paint)
infancy; childish; infantile; immature
behavior; behaviour; manner; attitude; bearing
magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly
to behave; to conduct oneself; to entertain; to treat someone (to a drink); to make tea for someone (tea ceremony)
on the contrary; rather; all the more; instead
to go past; to pass; to pass by
large; large-sized; large-scale; big
black spot; black dot; bull's-eye; middle dot; interpunct
to add (numbers); to add (something); to top up (with something); to take care of (e.g. one's business)
beyond; across; the other side; the distance
to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully
to spend; to expend; to waste; to squander; to devote
having a meal (before doing something); fortifying oneself with a meal
number one; first; best; most; game; round
since then; only that (much); the way things were left
to go to; to proceed to; to leave for
whispering; whisper; secret talk; murmur
to attempt; to test; to try out
to turn back; to go back; to come back; to return; to retrace one's steps
to hang; to droop; to give (e.g. lesson, instruction, scolding) (to someone of lower status); to confer; to drip; to ooze; to leave behind (at death)
to run; to run (of a vehicle); to drive; to rush (to); to dash; to retreat; to flee
blank form; sheets of paper; sheet of paper
ban (e.g. on smoking); prohibition
to enter; to trespass; to interfere; to meddle; to pry into
one plot (of land); one block (i.e. one city block); one area; one brush stroke; one kanji stroke
secret; private; surreptitious
area; zone; (lit.) belt (of land)
to name; to call; to christen; to term
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
rough (touch, voice, etc.); coarse; gritty; rattling (of beans, beads, etc.)
nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously