one sweep (of the eye); sweeping view; unbroken view
hall; saloon; spacious room; reception room
gloss; luster; mellowness (of a voice); youthfulness (e.g. of skin); interest; appeal
luxurious; magnificent; extravagant; sumptuous
famous picture; masterpiece (painting); film classic
coloured glass; colored glass
flickering; flashing on and off; glaringly (bright); painfully (bright); prickling (pain)
stubbornness; pigheaded person; miser
upstart; nouveau riche; new money; piece promoted to gold general
in one ear and out the other
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
gems and stones; wheat and chaff; wheat and tares; good and bad
to jump up; to spring up; to jump (market, price, etc.); to rise sharply; to act rashly; to jump the gun
in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly; hazily; with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh
excessive; unmerited; generous; past participle
to go to; to proceed to; to leave for
declining; refusal; rejection; announcement; notice
young man; young woman; young people; young employee; young manservant; young follower
backhand blow; backhand chop; backfist (karate)
handsome; shapely; clean-cut (features)
heh heh heh; tee-hee; giggle
cabbage (Brassica oleracea)
miso; fermented condiment usu. made from soybeans; innards (from crabs, shrimps, etc.) resembling miso; key (main) point; good part (of something); weakling
mix; mixed-race person; multiracial person
diligent student; studious person
common camellia (Camellia japonica)
cattleya (type of orchid)
distant land; remote country; province far from the capital
3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma
tolerance; broad-mindedness
personality; character; personal appearance; gentility
something worthy of comparison; something being compared
chance (of success); odds