supreme; sublime; highest
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
to bloom; to flower; to blossom; to open
good flavor; good flavour; delicacy; dainty
firm; strong; solid; stable
noble; lofty; high-minded; virtuous; upright
owner; proprietor; possessor (e.g. of talent, beauty, etc.)
all over; everywhere; in every nook and cranny
odour; odor; scent; aura; whiff; smacks of ...
stubborn; obstinate; pigheaded
selfishness; egotism; egoism; egocentricity
to be twisted; to be wrapped; to be distorted
small point; knob; protuberance; aloneness; loneliness; solitude
great; grand; magnificent; outstanding; mighty
to gnaw; to nibble; to bite; to dabble in; to have a smattering of
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
somehow; somewhat; seemingly
thank you for the meal; that was a delicious meal; what a wonderful meal
sticky; thickly (e.g. painted); heavily (applied); all over (pasting, stamping, etc.); clinging (e.g. of a person); following around
primness; prim person; clear soup; water for rinsing sake cups (at a banquet, etc.)
apart from that; to return to the topic; enough of that
to straighten up one's back (e.g. stand up straight, sit up straight); to hold one's head high
expression; look; countenance; face
script; libretto; scenario
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
prompt decision; snap judgement; snap judgment
(cutting) with a single stroke; lopping off (branches, etc.); (cutting hair) short; drastically (slash a budget, etc.); resolutely; ruthlessly (discard, etc.)
multiracial nation; multiethnic country
attempt; trial; experiment; endeavour (endeavor); effort; venture
to step over; to step across; to stride over; to stretch over; to span; to bridge
hedge; fence; border; limit
unity; consolidation; uniformity; unification; compatible
Herculean task; next-to-impossible undertaking
and so; therefore; for that reason
suffering; distress; hardship; trial
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes