medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
to gaze at; to fix one's eyes upon
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
plain; field; hidden (structural) member; wild; lacking a political post
thin-culmed dwarf bamboo (growing in clusters)
Momoyama period (latter half of the Azuchi-Momoyama period, approx. 1583-1600)
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
fine product; masterpiece
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
exceedingly; extremely; very many; indeed
satisfactory; decent; good; proper; worthy
10,000,000; ten million; extremely large number; myriad
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
conversation (just) between you and me; confidential talk
mischief; prank; pastime; hobby; playing with (a lighter, etc.); fooling around with
reproduction; duplication; reprinting
work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
diffusion; spread; popularization; promulgation; familiarization
efforts; exertion; endeavour; assistance; services
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
couscous; cuscus (variety of phalanger)
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward
sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling
light; well-lit; bright (of a colour); brightly-coloured; cheerful; bright; encouraging (for the future of a project, etc.)
lighting up; illumination; floodlighting
daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period
border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
chilly; unpleasantly cold
incident; affair; happening; event
chapter one; first chapter