to covet; to crave; to lust insatiably for; to indulge in; to devour greedily
fondly; admiringly; with fascination; with adoration; with enchantment
showy; loud; gay; flashy; gaudy
dress; outfit; equipment; makeup; adornment; guise
to boil; to simmer; to stew; to seethe
to cram; to stuff; to jam; to squeeze; to compress; to pack
unnecessary; not needed; not necessary
to begin; to set about; to start
manners; behavior; behaviour
animal (in nature); animal (in origin)
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)
to speak distinctly; to speak clearly; to put it bluntly; to get to the point; to be frank
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
project; enterprise; business; (arch.) act; (arch.) deed; (arch.) conduct
now (esp. in contrast to the past); now at last; at present; right now
to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty; to say well; to say cleverly; to say often; to say frequently
plate; dish; serving; helping; kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)
to steam (food, towel, etc.); to be hot and humid; to be sultry
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
to contemplate; to ponder; to think long about; to turn over in one's mind
to bend forward; to stoop; to bow
anything; whatever; whatever one likes
abduction; kidnapping; kidnaping
audience (with a person of high standing)
winning a battle; victory; victorious battle
one sheet; one page; one block of tofu; one serving (in a restaurant); one long and narrow thing (e.g. guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars, etc.); one chō (unit of distance, 109.09 m); one game
one chance; only opportunity; maybe; perhaps; one-night stand
wood chip; splinter; worthless thing; worthless person
numerical inferiority; being outnumbered
to begin to strike; to kick out; to forcefully expel; to hammer (pattern, etc.) into metal
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination
appetizer; starter; hors d'oeuvre
polite; courteous; hospitable
sincerely; earnestly; repeatedly; over and over; again and again
carelessness; careless mistake; wetting oneself; soiling oneself; (arch.) crude; (arch.) coarse
three countries; Three Kingdoms (in China, 220 CE-280 CE); Three Kingdoms (in Korea, 57 BCE-668 CE); (arch.) Japan, China and India; (arch.) Japan, Korea and China
to vitalize (e.g. an industry); to invigorate; to energize; to establish (e.g. a company); to build up; to set up
common people; ordinary people; masses
to become thin; to lose weight; to reduce (one's) weight; to be barren; to be infertile; to be sterile
poor; meagre; meager; feeble; scanty; shabby