highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly
what's the matter?; what's wrong?
modest; reserved; quiet; frugal; simple; plain
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
what's in one's heart; one's emotional state; what one feels
to put away; to stow away; to tuck away; to hoard
flavor; flavour; charm; appeal; experience; taste (e.g. of victory)
coloring agent; colorant; colourant; (food) coloring; colouring
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
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
to slurp; to sip (loudly); to sniffle; to sniff
a little less than; a little under; weakness; the weak; -lower (seismic intensity)
finally; in the end; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
mansion; palace; (arch.) nobleman; (arch.) noblewoman; (arch.) temporary residence
after a short while; not long after; soon; before long; shortly thereafter
door; gate; opening; title page
past middle age; nearing old age; near-elderly; age 40
stylish; smart; elegant; chic; refined; trim
white; blank (e.g. paper); uncolored; innocent; not guilty; (arch.) bright
firmly; solidly; sturdily; strongly; toughly
stubborn; dogged; persistent; tough; sturdy; hardy
size; dimension; large and small (sizes); various sizes; daishō (matched pair of long and short swords); large and small drums; long months and short months
two (long cylindrical things)
sword (esp. a large, double-edged one); blade; bayonet; swordsmanship; stinger; ovipositor
to shine; to be visible; to be tinged with; to rise (of water levels); to flow in; to be felt (i.e. as an emotion); to come over one
originally; from the start; from the beginning; none the worse (for); (coming out) even; in the same position (as before)
white hair; grey hair; gray hair
to be conspicuous; to stand out
in tufts; tufty; bushy; thick; luxuriant
health; healthy; sound; fit
distinctive; characteristic
to house; to contain; to carry (a baby); to be pregnant; (arch.) to give lodging to; (arch.) to accommodate
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence; power
weakening; emaciation; decline
such ... as; or some such
fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred
weak; weakly; feeble; frail; delicate; faint (voice, sunlight, etc.)
grandfather; male senior-citizen
at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because