goldfish (Carassius auratus)
pattern; design; body build; figure; essential qualities; character
to hide; to keep to oneself
lively; active; vigorous; animated; brisk
reality; actuality; actual conditions; ultimate reality; absolute truth
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); just like (someone)
princess; spoiled girl; hothouse flower; glue
appropriate; suitable; fitting; apt; proper; right
vocabulary; lexicon; lexis; terminology
poor; meagre; meager; feeble; scanty; shabby
deep red; crimson; rouge; lipstick
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
to make an appearance; to show up
jostling; being jostled; being mobbed; crumpling
assembly hall; meeting place; venue; grounds
evening; early night hours
to go around; to return; to surround; to concern (usu. of disputes)
acquaintance; making someone's acquaintance
to pause; to have a short intermission
I know, right?; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!; there we go
to enter into a person's feelings; to guess what somebody feels (using one's intuition)
with a complacent smile; with a smile of satisfaction
glad countenance; joyful look
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
difficult to say which of the two is better; hard to tell which is better; (there is) little to choose between them
good-looking; fair; beautiful
ground; land; the region in question; the local area; skin; texture; fabric
Occident and Orient (esp. the Occident); ocean; sea; foreign; Western
to take in; to bring in; to capture (e.g. image); to import; to win over; to please
unique; individual; original; unusual
height; stature; length (esp. of clothing); all (one has); everything; magnificence (of a waka poem, etc.)
cut; cutting; haircut; shuffle (cards); shuffling; scene
distant (from someone); aloof; estranged; knowing little (of); ill-informed (about); ignorant (of)
excellent article; fine item; rare beauty; masterpiece; gem
to base something on; to make something the basis