exaggerated; bombastic; highly colored; highly coloured
peerage (in Japan; 1869-1947); nobility; aristocracy
coming out; going out; attending (work); appearing (on stage); start; beginning; origins
having a high threshold (for entry); difficult to approach; feeling awkward to go to (of someone's home)
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
amusement; entertainment; recreation; pleasure; pastime; hobby
nature (of a person); sex; gender; sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.); gender; -ty
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
impact; shock; impulse; (psychological) shock
feature; trait; characteristic; peculiarity; distinction
after all is said and done; no matter what people say; in the end; definitely; undeniably
light and easy; lambent; clever; witty; smart
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
always; all the time; constantly; frequently; often
smoothly; easily; readily
first-class; first-rate; characteristic (of); peculiar (to); school (e.g. of flower arrangement); one flag
ryotei; traditional Japanese restaurant (esp. a luxurious one)
tofu; bean curd; beancurd
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with (skillfully); handling (well); managing
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; tidy; frank; open-hearted; completely
easily; readily; quickly; lightly (seasoned food, applied make-up, etc.); plainly; simply
soya bean (Glycine max); soybean; soy
exquisite; superb; perfect; miraculous
period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; victory; strictness; cruelty
to create (an atmosphere, feeling, etc.); to produce; to engender
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
pain; anguish; suffering; duhkha (suffering)
mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short
to close one's eyes; to lower one's eyelids; to shut one's eyes; to die; to breathe one's last
to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out
cheerfully; buoyantly; happily; in high spirits
to bring near; to bring close; to let go near; to associate with; to bring (people) together; to let come near (of a person)
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
heroine; female protagonist; heroine; heroic woman; brave woman
literary history; history of literature
from the standpoint of; from the viewpoint of; on; above; the best; top
leading; foremost; preeminent; outstanding; one of the best
sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute; pitiful; pitiable
pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)