attachment (to); tenacity of purpose
crispy; crunchy; tearing; ripping; spirited; energetic
finishing blow; coup de grâce
standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability
the New Year begins; the New Year starts
in the future; another day; later
elegance; grace; article; item; counter for items (of food, etc.); counter for dishes or courses (at a restaurant)
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
fecundity; having many children; abundant production
perpetuation of one's descendants
joke; pun; jest; smartly dressed; stylish; fashion-conscious
free and easy; open-hearted; relaxed; not fussy; frank
peculiarity; uniqueness; characteristic
the vertical; height; front-to-back; length; north-to-south; vertical (relationship)
to kick out (e.g. someone from a house)
broke; poor; short; skint; having no money
internal conditions; true state of affairs
disclosure; exposure; revelation
episode; anecdote; vignette
eleven; 11; jack (playing card); Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
to paint (draw) a picture
chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus); domestic chicken; chicken meat
to shade an account; to add something extra
to select; to choose; to diagnose (an illness); to judge; to liken to something else; to regard as something else (e.g. to use another person as a mirror); to see someone off
in this manner; in this way; like this
mounting (of a picture); binding (of a book)
tokonoma (alcove where art or flowers are displayed)
knitting wool; woolen yarn; woollen yarn
colored thread; coloured thread
tightly (packed); densely; closely; crammed
cookie; biscuit; cookie (browser-related file sent from a WWW server)