painstaking; careful; meticulous; scrupulous; detailed; elaborate
detailed inspection; thorough examination; checking
look!; see!; here!; there!; hey!
deterioration (in quality, performance, etc.); degradation; worsening; (visible) aging; becoming unattractive (due to aging)
two people alike; two of a kind; kissing cousins; two people cut from the same cloth
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
university; college; former imperial university of Japan (established under the ritsuryō system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
(please) try to; (please) look; seeing; looking
echo; reverberation; response; reaction; repercussions
sound; noise; (speech) sound; Chinese-derived reading of a kanji
very low frequency sound; heavy bass sound; low-register sound
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
to spur on; to urge forward; to impel; to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)
(printed) instructions; manual; explanatory leaflet (pamphlet, note); description
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
source of river; fountainhead
drop of water; vessel for replenishing inkstone water
feather duster; feather brush
feather; plume; wing; blade (of a fan, propeller, etc.); shuttlecock (in badminton); shuttlecock (in hanetsuki); arrow feathers
to crack; to be cracked; to develop a crack
to sweep; to brush; to clean; to gather silkworms
fresco; mural; wall painting
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
meticulous; careful; discreet; scrupulous; prudent
cannot be undone; can't be recovered from
to take a long hard look at; to look (someone) full in the face
interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun
restoration; repair; mending
meanwhile; in the meantime
to complete decisively; to do to completion
to tell (a story); to give an account of (an event, experience, etc.); to relate; to tell of; to show; to indicate
suddenly (e.g. falling, weakening, etc.); sharply; with a jerk
rope; cord; policeman's rope
to replace; to convert; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute (person, staff member, player, etc.)
stairs; stairway; staircase