perfect; complete; flawless
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
methodical; precise; meticulous; wooden post that has been carved to have a rounded corner with grooves running along either side of it
dining room; dining hall; cafeteria; restaurant; eatery; snack bar
to be treated to a meal; to be given a meal
each (person); everyone; individual; respective
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
free action; free activity; acting at one's own discretion; taking one's own course; free hand; independent action
light; illumination; glow; lamp; light
to illuminate; to shine a light on; to light up
Milky Way; luminous band corresponding to the plane of the galaxy
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
body; physique; shape; form; substance; identity; field
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
to imagine; to picture; to figure; to see
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
centimeter; centimetre; centi-; 10^-2; sentimental
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
stillness; repose; standing still
for now; for the time being; for the present; though not quite satisfactorily; after a fashion
altitude; height; elevation; high-degree; high-grade; advanced
maintenance; preservation; improvement
at hand; on hand; way of moving one's arms; skill; money at hand; pocket money
posture; pose; position; attitude; approach; stance
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
to lean against; to recline on; to lean on; to rely on; to depend on
pseudo; quasi; false; suspected (case, e.g. of disease)
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
fictitious; imaginary; fanciful; aerial; overhead
at once; there and then; immediately
goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark
cover (of a book, magazine, etc.); binding; appearing on the cover of a magazine
trespassing; intrusion; to barge into; to burst into; to trespass