sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute; pitiful; pitiable
to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard
commonplace (of people or animals); ordinary; typical; ubiquitous; run-of-the-mill; found around every corner
even if; even though; wow
lowering; sinking; depreciation; price fall; punch line (of a rakugo story); (arch.) sword strap
to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of
area; domain; territory; field; range; region
semiformal attire; semiformal dress
grizzled; (hair) streaked with grey (gray)
mild (climate); temperate; gentle (nature, personality, etc.); mild; moderate (statement, measure, etc.); mild
you (people); gentlemen; ladies and gentlemen; my friends
misogyny; woman-hater; misogynist
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to deceive; to trick
gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy
ennui; languishing; feeling of exhaustion; lassitude; lethargy
withdrawal; retraction; revocation; repeal
one eye; one of one's eyes
manners; courtesy; etiquette
to loosen; to slacken; to relax (attention, efforts, etc.); to let down (one's guard); to relax (a rule); to ease (e.g. restrictions)
cloth; tablecloth; wallpaper; wall fabric
pink (colour, color); (lit.) colour of peach (flowers)
usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common
nth generation; nth (person to occupy a position, e.g. president)
successive generations; successive emperors
hurdle; hurdle race; hurdles; hurdle; obstacle
my goodness!; oh my!; oh dear!
enthusiast; mania; enthusiasm
originator; pioneer; inventor; progenitor; primogenitor; founder of a family line
(arch.) to be; (arch.) to be (location); sum of money
Chinese person; (arch.) foreigner
birth and death; years of birth and death
second generation; second; junior
spots; speckles; mottles; speckled; spotted
finish; completion; the end
being able to do as one pleases; doing at will; pothook
spatula; (artificially cultured) Japanese crucian carp
lathe; potter's wheel; windlass; pulley
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
original; unique; distinctive; independent; one's own; personal
reddish-brown; yellowish-brown
discrimination; discernment; identification