decoration; ornament; trimmings
counter for wheels and flowers
lightweight fabric or clothing; silk gauze; thin silk
coat; tunic; jacket; outer garment
very high; high up; aloft; only; merely; just
to wear one's hair up; to arrange one's hair
pin (e.g. hairpin, bowling pin, golf pin, etc.); one (on dice, in cards, etc.); beginning; best; kickback
custom; habit; customary practice
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means
space; room; vacancy; opening; free time; time to spare
equation; formula; ceremony; style; (arch.) enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryo)
fur; skin; pelt; kanji "fur" radical
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of
and so; therefore; for that reason
various countries; various regions; various provinces
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
group; bunch; crowd; group
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
considerably; not a little; in no small numbers
influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
fortitude; firmness of character; hardihood; manliness
to make it a principle to ...; to aim at doing
man; male; masculine gender
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
contrast; antithesis; comparison
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable
exposed; scanty; bare; public; open
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
ceiling; ceiling price; (price) ceiling
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
glossy (e.g. hair); sleek; shiny; lustrous
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
difficult to ...; hard to ...
to wither (of a plant); to be blasted; to die; to mature (of one's personality, abilities, etc.)
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
rouge and powder; cosmetics
flavoring; flavouring; fragrance; perfume; condolence gift