subject matter of a painting; art supplies; art materials
difficult to ...; hard to ...
(practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience; first-hand experience
suddenly (appear, stick out); abruptly; unexpectedly; (stand) still and expressionless; imposingly
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
latter period; second half; late stage; third trimester; second semester
golden age; prime; heyday; season (for fruit, vegetables, etc.); best time
Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
amabie; legendary monster said to appear from the sea prophesizing either an abundant harvest or an epidemic
handwriting; handwritten; hand-painted; hand-drawn
copying; duplication; reproduction; copy
to transcribe; to duplicate; to describe; to film; to picture
maniac (as in rabid sport fan); enthusiast
common sense; general knowledge; common knowledge
amount of information; information content (information theory); Shannon information; surprisal
what's the best thing to do?; what to do?
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
calamity; disaster; misfortune
trivial; not amounting to much
carefree; comfortable; at ease; easygoing; happy-go-lucky
good-for-nothing; worthless
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
artistic taste; aptitude for painting; ability to appreciate art; desire to paint
to well (up); to gush forth (of water); to appear (esp. suddenly) (sweat, tears, etc.); to feel emotions from (joy, bravery, etc.); to hatch (esp. of parasitic insects, etc.)
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
model; dummy; model (profession); fashion model; model (of a vehicle, machine, etc.); version; model (e.g. mathematical)
sudden; unexpected; unpredictable; unforeseen
kappa; mythical water-dwelling creature; excellent swimmer; cucumber; cucumber sushi wrapped in nori (seaweed)
Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny
true character; real nature
absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic
scrubbing hard; scrubbing clean
one's house; one's home; one's family
wolf (Canis lupus); wolf in sheep's clothing; womanizer
to be suspicious of; to be doubtful of; to be dubious of
as expected; predictably; not surprisingly
lodger who pays nothing for room and board; freeloader; sponger