earmuffs (for protection against cold); ear warmers
dark reddish-brown; liver color
freckles; buckwheat chaff
frank; direct; plain; straightforward; point-blank; concise
to say something is all right; to give the all-clear (e.g. to do something)
porcelain (esp. soft-paste porcelain); china; chinaware; earthenware; pottery; ceramics
bust (sculpture); half-length portrait
national customs and manners; provincial song or ballad; waka (classical Japanese poetry, as opposed to Chinese poetry)
Western countries; (former) Western Bloc countries
study; library; den; home office; reading room
to assail the nostrils (smell); to go nose-to-nose (with someone)
bookshelves; bookshelf; bookcase
book of pictures (paintings, drawings, etc.); collection of pictures
to be helpful; to help; to be of assistance; to come in handy
to scatter; to disperse; to spend on; to squander (e.g. one's fortune); to chase away (e.g. one's worries); to kill (pain)
to grumble; to gripe; to complain
treasure; picture of a treasure ship; money; cash
walking on frost; crunching (e.g. on gravel); lots of coins or jewels; cutting into large pieces; loosely weaving; large (pieces, stitches, sand grains, etc.)
to get damp; to get moist; to get soggy; to become humid
trot; half run; jog; girl in charge of menial tasks in a samurai family
sensitivity; sensitiveness; sense (of ...)
preface; foreword; introduction
strength of a brushstroke
to be angular; to jut out; to be pointed; to be formal; to be stiff; to be ceremonious
form of a character (e.g. simplified, traditional); type; typeface; font
desire to act only in one's self-interest; selfish desires
lower floor; downstairs; bottom of the stairs; foot of the stairs
strumming; thrumming; plunking; plonking
half and half; fifty-fifty
result (of an election); success or defeat (in an election); winning or losing (a lottery, raffle, etc.)