to wear glasses; to put on glasses
(formal) shirt; dress shirt; business shirt; button-up shirt
cheap article; poor quality article
jacket; book jacket; dust cover; CD jacket; record jacket
worn-out; shabby; seedy; wrinkled-up; threadbare
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
thin; slender; fine; unlucky
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
unreliable; undependable; helpless; forlorn; worried; uneasy
one-eyed; first (in a series); initial
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
right hand; right-hand side; right-hand direction; (on) the right
shortish; rather short; somewhat short
cane; walking stick; staff; wand
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
to look downwards (at); to lower one's gaze; to drop one's eyes
pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times
pirate; sea robber; buccaneer; freebooter
very improbable; vanishingly unlikely; only with a miracle
to put up (a notice, sign, etc.); to hang out (e.g. a banner); to hold up high; to raise overhead; to tout (a principle, plan, etc.); to herald; to publish
cunning; wiliness; craftiness
scrap; piece; fag end; unimportant (person); petty (official); barely (in a role)
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
first of all; at once; right away; for now; for the time being
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
subtle; delicate; difficult; complex; doubtful; questionable
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten