bustling; busy; crowded; lively (party, voices, etc.); loud; noisy
to hide; to conceal oneself; to disappear (behind); to be hidden (by); to live in seclusion; to retire (from the world)
nonsense; irresponsible remark; codswallop; random; haphazard; unsystematic
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance
nakedness; nudity; bareness; nakedness; being penniless; concealing nothing
Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times
one (thin, flat object); one sheet
to put on clothes; to wear clothes; to be the personification of
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
to decorate; to ornament; to display; to exhibit; to mark (e.g. the day with a victory); to adorn (e.g. the front page)
long-established; old-established; traditional
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
stupid; meaningless; worthless; hopeless (person, situation); beyond help; beyond saving
four-panel comic strip; yonkoma
four-panel comic strip; yonkoma
substance; true form; main part; main unit; object of worship (at a shrine, temple, etc.); noumenon
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
time; labour; payment (for labour); pay; tedious job; troublesome job
oh; right; I see; OK; gotcha
celebrity; famous person; public figure; big name
recommendation; referral; endorsement
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people
high praise; great admiration; with critical acclaim; to rave reviews; currently; presently
(TV or radio) entertainer; television personality; talent; skill; talent (ancient unit of weight and currency)
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
few; little; small (amount); low; scarce; insufficient
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
rave reviews; extremely high praise
misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
prices of commodities; prices (in general); cost-of-living
learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics
winning a prize; receiving an award; being awarded