to dye; to colour; to color
shortish; rather short; somewhat short
tortoiseshell (of the hawksbill turtle); bekko; tortoiseshell (esp. of the Chinese soft-shelled turtle)
to wear glasses; to put on glasses
female university student; female college student
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together
speciality; specialty; subject of study; expert; area of expertise
tuft (of hair, threads, etc.); fringe; bunch (of grapes, bananas, etc.); cluster (of flowers); segment (of a tangerine, etc.); section
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis); qilin (Chinese unicorn); (arch.) horse that can ride 1000 ri in a day
order; reservation; order; sequence; order (of magnitude); architectural order
company name; name of a company
to be finished; to be completed; to be done
spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
person with a lot of experience; old hand; veteran (in a particular field)
pecking order; hierarchical relationship; vertical relationship; hyponymy
interesting (personality, turn of phrase, etc.); pleasantly different; tasteful; attractive; charming
first meeting; first interview with
decisively; decidedly; boldly; precisely; exactly
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
to wither; to wilt; to droop; to be dejected; to be disheartened; to be depressed
to span; to bridge; to cross; to straddle
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
rabbit; hare; coney; cony; lagomorph (esp. leporids)
pointing out; identification
full of confidence; brimming with (self-)confidence; having great faith in oneself
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
to come to the point; to get straight to the point; to speak frankly; to speak plainly; to talk straight
cover (of a book, magazine, etc.); binding; appearing on the cover of a magazine
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
assorted vegetables for sukiyaki (esp. green onion)