good performance; good work; great success
rather than; more ... than ...
depiction; description; portrayal
to write down one after another; to enumerate; to list; to write at length; to write on and on; to go on writing
wearisome; insipid; dull; irksome; wretched; vain
basis for decision; evidence for judging
to stir up; to poke (the fire); to beat (an egg); to arouse (interest, feelings, etc.); to stir; to stoke
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
desirable; hoped for; preferable; advisable
to be based on; to take into account; to build upon; to have one's feet firmly planted on; to plant oneself on
to write out; to make a fair copy; to rewrite
replacement; substitution; change; shunting (rail); switching
tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)
mental condition; state of mind; mentality
ill will; spite; bad meaning; mala fides; bad faith; malice
malice; malicious intent; intent to kill
real thing; original; actual
author; writer; novelist; artist
imitation; copy; make-believe; doing something in a way that only superficially resembles the real thing
very difficult to ...; nearly impossible to ...
close (e.g. in terms of relationship); intimate
unreasonable request; asking for something unreasonable
one's say; one's point; one's case; complaint; objection; grievance
to invade; to attack; to breach; to penetrate
retaliation; revenge; reprisal; retorsion; retortion
miko; shrine maiden; young girl or woman (trad. an unmarried virgin) who assists priests at shrines; medium; sorceress; shamaness
preparations for a journey; travelling clothes; traveling clothes; travelling outfit
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
silver; silver colour; (fig.) snow
to put on (coat, gown, etc.)
to wear a sword at one's side
birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin
Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny
to swear; to vow; to take an oath; to pledge
to do (someone) a wrong; to do (someone) an ill turn; to take revenge; to resent; to bear a grudge
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program