to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
good-for-nothing; worthless
compulsion; coercion; forcing (to do); enforcement
contract; compact; agreement
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
extremely disappointing; extremely frustrating; mortifying; vexing
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
to fly; to race away; to vanish; to disappear; to rush over; to hurry over
even so; anyhow; at any rate
platform; home; home base; home plate
scattered; separated; dispersed
figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person
disposal; abandonment; scrapping; annulment; cancellation; abrogation
to throw at; to turn; to raise
hazy; dim; faint; minced fish or meat that is seasoned and fried
to hang over; to shroud; to enshroud; to envelop; to screen
(made of) stone; stone-built
size; large and small (sizes); various sizes; daishō (matched pair of long and short swords); large and small drums; long months and short months; sic bo (Macao dice game)
to stand (still) a while; to loiter; to stop
taste; elegance; appearance; air; the likes of ...; lowly people such as ...
century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time
huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach
it's been a long time; long time no see
vivid; brightly colored; brilliant; radiant
flowers; beautiful; spectacular
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
national costume; (in) native dress
type of dyeing method or pattern; silk printed by the Yuzen process
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
to mistake (A for B); to misread
beautiful face; good looks; beauty
sweetly smiling; like the smiling of a beauty; gracious
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
preface; introduction; preamble
stiffening; rigidity; rigor; stiffness; ossification; petrification
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
twelve; 12; queen (playing card)
policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle
to entrust; to send (a message, etc.)
exterior; outside; outer; external; lateral
association; society; organization; organisation
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
principle; general rule; as a rule; in principle; in general