Japanese person; Japanese people
artist who produces Western-style paintings
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
1,000,000; one million; million; many
item; article; dish; course; finest item
to decorate; to ornament; to display; to exhibit; to mark (e.g. the day with a victory); to adorn (e.g. the front page)
market (financial, stock, domestic, etc.); marketplace; exchange; (street) market
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
value; worth; merit; estimation; evaluation; appraisal
work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production
hmmm; uh-huh; murmur indicating approval, comprehension, etc.
reproduction; duplication; reprinting
to trace (drawing); to follow; to imitate; to copy; to reproduce
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
copy; photocopy; blurb on a book jacket; catch copy
breakdown; failure; damage; hurt; objection; protest
limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...
subject matter of a painting; art supplies; art materials
elegance; grace; article; item; counter for items (of food, etc.); counter for dishes or courses (at a restaurant)
paint; coloring materials; colors; colours
thickness; profundity; depth
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
small; fine; detailed; stingy
manual labor; manual labour; manual procedures
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
study; research; investigation
from the beginning; from scratch
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
to copy; to imitate; to counterfeit; to forge
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
will; desire; ambition; urge (e.g. creative urge)
in itself; the thing itself; this itself; for its own sake; per se
to take pains; to take time for someone; to do work for someone; to go to trouble for someone
smirkingly; broadly (grinning)
don't worry about it; forget about it
please (give me); please (do for me)
circulation (money, goods, etc.); distribution; circulation (air, water, etc.); ventilation; negotiable (e.g. shares); distributional
to take into one's possession; to receive; to take into one's care (e.g. person, pet); to take custody of; to leave; to go away
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
more than anything; above all else
genuineness or spuriousness; authenticity; the genuine and the spurious
judgement; judgment; expert opinion; appraisal