lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pitiful
to hold one's breath; to catch one's breath
go-on; Wu reading; on reading of a kanji based on 5th and 6th century Chinese
for the first time in one's life
beyond comparison; incomparable
department; bureau; section; part
corridor; gallery; hallway; cloister (i.e. covered walk typically circling a building or garden, esp. in a palace or place of worship)
(Confucian) temple; church; sanctuary
wind-swept; exposed to the wind
long ago; once upon a time
sculpture; carved statue; graven image
public morals; discipline; rules governing social behavior
one's business; reading of scriptures before a (statue of) Buddha; bargain; discount; (arch.) money paid to a prostitute or geisha
like this; this sort; this way
what kind of business; what sort of matter
handsome; shapely; clean-cut (features)
to be softened; to calm down
tiled; covered with ceramic tiles
performance; execution; skill; dexterity; tact
passing each other; missing (meeting) each other; failing to meet; (being at) cross purposes; discrepancy
more; much more; step; rung; paragraph; passage
disorderly; messy; absurd; unreasonable; very; extremely
by all means; no matter what; at any rate
skylight; dormer; transom; dormer window
brilliance; polish; lustre; luster; glossy finish (of photographs)
frame (i.e. of a sliding door); crosspiece; bar; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); rung (of a ladder)
to comb down; to smooth down
to curry favour (with); to play up (to); to cozy up (to); to butter up
before one's own eyes; from under one's very nose; without doing anything; without resistance; helplessly; negligently
to rage; to run amok (amuck); to tear around
to ward off; to brush away; to fling off; to drive away
to lose an easy game; to suffer an unexpected defeat; to lose information
two reams (of paper); 1000 sheets (of paper); stanza; verse; tribe (in taxonomy); forecast (bet); bet which predicts the top 2 finishers (i.e. quinella or perfecta bet)
premature death; untimely death; dying young
regular; normal; formal; legal; established; legitimate
body donation; (arch.) becoming naked
meandering; snaking; zigzagging