cloth; fabric; dough; batter; inherent quality; one's true character; unglazed pottery
costume; dress; attire; (arch.) interior decoration; (arch.) landscaping; (arch.) furnishing
to reflect; to throw back light
beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)
to shine; to glitter; to sparkle
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
to sink; to go under; to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to feel depressed; to become subdued
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
complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
to reach an extreme; to reach a limit; extremely; to be stuck; to be in a dilemma; to be decided
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)
cause; seed; variety; kind; counter for varieties
impossible; unlikely; improbable
bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)
ear (of a cereal plant); head; point (of a brush, spear, etc.); tip; crest (of a wave); scion (in grafting)
form; tense; adjective; i-adjective (in Japanese)
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
than; from; out of; except; but; more
to peek (through a keyhole, gap, etc.); to look down into (a ravine, etc.); to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.); to sneak a look at; to take a quick look at; to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.); to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.)
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or somebody else
proof; evidence; certificate; license; to testify (usu. Christian religious context); enlightenment
fantasy; illusion; vision; dream
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
The Lord of the Rings (trilogy by J.R.R. Tolkien)
conspicuously; noticeably; remarkably; especially; particularly
after this; from now on; hereafter; thereafter; since (then); after
domestic; domestically-produced; produced within a country
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
frequent appearance; frequent occurrence