plan; scheme; plot; design; project; intention
immediately; right away; at once; instantly
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
counter for flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper); (arch.) counter for positions or roles; (arch.) counter for food portions (now only gyōza and soba); counter for ranking level
thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
exotic mood; exotic atmosphere; exoticism
to overflow; to brim over; to flood
to delineate; to draw; to express; to imagine
one-by-one; separately; in detail
to take over; to hand over
to dye; to colour; to color
hem; (trouser) cuff; bottom part; bottom edge; foot (of a mountain); tips (of hair)
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
madder (esp. Japanese madder, Rubia argyi); madder (red color)
decoration; ornament; trimmings
characteristic (of); peculiar (to)
to float; to be suspended; to rise to the surface; to appear; to come to mind; to have inspiration
meaningfully (smiling, grinning, etc.); suggestively; broadly; sneeringly
gaudy; showy; garish; crooked; vicious; wicked
presentation; exhibit; suggest; citation
to give meaning (to); to assess the significance (of)
newsworthiness; news hook; topicality; popularity (of a topic, issue, etc.)
plot; scheme; trick; design; intrigue; artifice
to succeed; to bear fruit
offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
personal accessories (ornaments, adornments)
to harvest; to reap; to take in; to gather in; to adopt (e.g. idea); to accept (e.g. advice)
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally
prizing; valuing highly; esteeming