(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
male; man; excellence; greatness; best (of)
work (e.g. book, film, painting, composition); piece; production; opus
hope; promise; expectation; anticipation; side of a structural member
white; blank (e.g. paper); uncolored; innocent; not guilty; (arch.) bright
round; circular; curved; smooth; harmonious; calm
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
adzuki bean-covered mochi; botamochi
exterior; outside; outer; external; lateral
slightly; lightly; thinly; faintly; dimly
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
sesame seeds; sesame (Sesamum indicum)
baking at a high temperature; firing (pottery); calcination
by means of; due to; because of; according to
to exude (e.g. sweat); to ooze; to seep out; to reveal itself (of emotions, etc.)
Bizen (former province located in the southeast of present-day Okayama Prefecture)
characteristic (of); peculiar (to)
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
genuine article; real thing; real deal
bottom; sole; depths (e.g. of despair, the sea); bottom (of one's heart); limit; end
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that ...
to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in
gofer; dogsbody; person who is made to do things or get things for someone else
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)
area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun
to look away (from); to avert one's gaze; to disregard; to ignore; to escape (from); to turn away (from)
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
attentively; with great attention to detail (e.g. when teaching); patiently
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
to be offended; to get angry; to be stuffy; to be stifling; firmly (shutting one's mouth)
for example; for instance; e.g.
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study