to be smeared; to be covered
to all appearances; no matter how you look at it
young bird; chick; fledgling; hina doll; doll displayed during the Girls' Festival
Sei Shonagon (Poet of the Heian period, included in the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu)
The Pillow Book (by Sei Shonagon)
to extol; to sing the praises of; to celebrate; to declare; to stipulate; to express
origin; source; history; originally; from the start; by nature
stars; the stars and planets; celestial bodies
to meet; to assemble; to congregate
millennium; one thousand years; (fig.) long time
evening; night; dinner; evening meal; counter for nights
to be born; to come into this world
difficult delivery; difficult childbirth; dystocia
beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)
good outward appearance; looking nice; being attractive; making a fine show
innocent; chaste; naive; pure; unmixed; genuine
Japanese dog breed (e.g. Shiba, Akita)
nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all
long ago; a long time ago; already
lineage; pedigree; family line; birth
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie
unshapely; ill-formed; misshapen; awkward; clumsy
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
short and stout; small but wide around
wrinkled; full of wrinkles
diagonally upward; (going in a) completely unexpected direction (of a story, result, etc.)
to squash; to crush; to flatten
way of speaking; intimation; lips; mouth; snout
ceiling; ceiling price; (price) ceiling
former site (of something); site (e.g. of a demolished building)
excavation; exhumation; discovery (e.g. new talent)
classification; categorization; sorting
inspection; reading; perusal; browsing (the web)
prohibition; inhibition; ban