to colour; to color; to apply make-up; to decorate; to garnish
blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe
feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)
Akaihane (fund-raising organisation for welfare services); Red Feather
dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze
calm; graceful; quiet; mellow; damp; moist
romance (e.g. Arthurian romances); heroic tale; (nigh) impossible dream; adventurous spirit; (full-length) novel; romance
revival (e.g. musical); come-back; restoration; rebirth; resurrection
all; completely; totally; entirely; thoroughly
to become aroused (of emotions, nerves, etc.); to become excited; to become stirred up; to be proud; to be haughty; to be pompous
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement
to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over
meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence
to have no way of knowing; to be completely ignorant of
tranquillity and peace; tranquility and peace; peaceful and uneventful
one large ...; a great ...
to assume the posture of praying; to press the palms and fingers of both hands together; to beg; to make a supplication; to see (something or someone of high status)
depression; melancholy; dejection; gloom; despondency
parents' day (day when parents observe their children in school)
to spell; to write; to compose; to bind (e.g. documents); to patch
civilization; civilisation; culture; Bunmei era (1469.4.28-1487.7.20)
progress; advance; improvement; development
common language; lingua franca; standard language (language variety understood throughout a country)
learning; acquisition (of a skill, knowledge, etc.)
understanding; comprehension; grasp; perception; appreciation; mastery (of an art or skill)
dictionary; lexicon; (arch.) letter of resignation
to finish writing; to complete; to write down (e.g. a list); to write out
Japanese writing paper (lined with a square grid, one square per character); manuscript paper
to cut into (a conversation); to interject
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
expression; presentation; representation; notation
correction; looking over; touching up
dissatisfied-looking; looking discontented
to become angry or sullen; to take offense; to be miffed; to come unstuck from; to peel off; to come off
artificial; unnatural; human-caused (e.g. mistake, error, disaster); man-made