machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
labour; labor; effort; toil; trouble
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
binding (of a book); design (of a book cover)
related to; in relation to
still more; to say nothing of; not to mention; still less
to hinder; to obstruct; to adversely affect
staringly; fixedly; unblinkingly
spine (of book); binding (of book)
to look at; to gaze at; to look out over; to get a view of; to look on (from the sidelines); to stand by and watch
amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
to taste; to eat; to drink; to speak (of); to refer (to); to say
indeed; really; truly; very much
to put out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to reach (for); to try one's hand at (something new)
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
to attract someone's attention; to arouse someone's interest; to sound someone out; to try to find out someone's true feelings; to (discreetly) probe someone's thoughts
upper tier; upper section; place of honor; place of honour; dais; raised part of floor
kingfisher (esp. the common kingfisher, Alcedo atthis); jade (gem); beautiful lustrous colour similar to that of the kingfisher's feathers
to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)
treasure; treasured item; prized possession
to look (sound, behave) grown-up; to be adult-like; to mature
little girl; maiden; young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryo period)
back; reverse; rear side; height; stature; ridge (of a mountain)
(not) so; (not) particularly; (not) very; (not) that much
standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
thin; slender; fine; unlucky
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
to pull out; to draw out; to disconnect; to steal contents of; to pilfer (from); to pickpocket
leaving as is; leaving alone; leaving to chance; neglecting; abandoning
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
to adhere to; to stick to; to keep close to; to go along with; to get involved with; to be thick with
to pick out; to single out; to select; to extract; to draw out; to pull out
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to go down (sun); to wane; to sink