painted maple (Acer mono)
the soft may prove more durable than the hard; (lit.) willow trees don't break under the weight of snow
party clothes; evening clothes
hard to figure out; elusive; slippery; vague; subtle
Prisma (satellite project)
cordovan (type of leather)
style of writing; manner of writing
to long for; to yearn after; to admire; to be attracted by
to be robbed of one's due; (lit.) to have one's fried tofu snatched by a black kite
with shining, piercing eyes
acquired characteristics (as opposed to inherited)
chapters and sections; chapter and verse
picking through garbage; dumpster diving; scavenging rubbish
city centre (center); inner city; town centre
metasequoia; dawn redwood (Metasequoia glyptostroboides)
putting a name (self, company, etc.) on something (e.g. engraving, printing, etc.)
menu board (small blackboard on which the specials of the day, etc., are written)