recommendation; endorsement
able; capable; competent; talented; efficient
fly in the ointment; small flaw in otherwise perfect object; only trouble; only fault
to like; to love; to be fond of
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
anyone; anybody; everyone; whoever
to repent; to be penitent
mask; disguise; guise; mask
tokonoma (alcove where art or flowers are displayed)
kokyū; 3 or 4-stringed bowed Japanese musical instrument; any Asian string instrument played with a bow
order; discipline; regularity; system; method
careful; thorough; meticulous; scrupulous
to be refined (character, manners); to be classy; to be polished
to get dressed up; to treat oneself
wincing; cowering; shrinking; flinching; recoiling
having not the slightest idea
decapitation; decapitated head
being unfamiliar with a locality; not knowing one's way around; (lit.) not knowing one's right hand from the left; being clueless
ignition; catching fire; firing (e.g. gun); discharging
charcoal; charred remains
one's last moments; death throes; agony of death
very; extremely; extreme; excessive; splendid; impressive
happy event; cause for celebration; congratulations
awesome; awe-inspiring; august; discourteous (to a superior); lacking due respect
starching (e.g. clothes); pasting; gluing (e.g. paper, a letter)
deep emotion; being filled with emotion
action; behavior; behaviour; (arch.) recommendation (of a person for a position)
study of (ancient) Japanese literature and culture; (arch.) provincial school (under Japan's ritsuryo system and pre-Sui Chinese law)
more; much more; step; rung; paragraph; passage
to laugh (something) off; to dismiss with a laugh; to pooh-pooh
ingenious; skillful; clever; deft
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
straw bag; sack; bale; counter for sacks (of rice, potatoes, coal, etc.)
imperial blessings or favor (favour)
to remonstrate; to admonish (someone) for; to advise (someone) not to; to warn against
economic; financial; fiscal
to hear a rumor; to get wind of
annulment; abolition; repeal; rescission
to be a point of honor; to affect someone's good name