craftsman; skilled artisan
to carve; to engrave; to sculpt; to tattoo
millet or rice cake, roasted and hardened with starch syrup and sugar (sometimes including peanuts, soybeans, etc.)
busyness; a lot of things to do; frequent use; heavy use (of); many uses
handsome; shapely; clean-cut (features); decent; proper; correct
graceful; ladylike; modest; gentle; polite; quiet
manners; etiquette; propriety; manner of production (esp. of prose, poetry, etc.); way of making
to eat; to drink; to smoke; to suffer (e.g. defeat); to receive a blow
temperature and flavor (of tea)
no; you're welcome; not at all; don't mention it
memory; sense; experience
intimacy; affection; familiarity
white; unseasoned; undyed; very much; precisely; playing dumb
figure; design; twill weave; pattern of diagonal stripes; style (of writing); figure (of speech); design
to move along; to go alongside; to walk along; to follow; to run down (one's cheek, leg, etc.); to trickle down
while at a distance; indirectly; casually
recollection; reminiscence
one's birth mother; one's biological mother
low class; lowly (position); humble (condition)
nobility; aristocracy; peerage
high-ranking court noble; senior court official; kugyō; three lords and nine ministers (of the ancient Chinese government)
habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
deep affection; devotion; profound attachment
official; formal; formula (e.g. mathematical); official (social media) account (of a company, organization, etc.)
treatment; reception; service; working conditions; salary; pay
in the same way as; just like
to succeed (someone); to take over from; to pick up the torch
pleasure; supreme pleasure obtained by freeing oneself from earthly desires
younger brother and sister
eldest sister; oldest sister
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
common; shared; to be common (to); to be shared (by); -wide
to concern; to be related
celebrated personage; big-wig; person in a high position
seat; place; position; status; gathering; party; stand
edge; relative; relations; border
to put one's heart (into); to apply oneself (to); to devote oneself (to); to take an interest (in)
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
good-natured person; good person; (one's) lover; boyfriend; girlfriend