pipe; tube; channels, official or otherwise; (business) connections; tobacco pipe
tobacco; cigarette; cigaret; tobacco plant (Nicotiana tabacum)
cavity; hollow; void; hollow (voice, smile, etc.); blank (eyes, look, etc.); vacant (expression, stare, etc.)
vague; faint; dim; indistinct; hazy; blurry
good-for-nothing; spineless; gutless; spiritless; feckless; pluckless
research; investigation; enquiry; inquiry; study
haughty; arrogant; insolent; proud; overbearing
just because; even if; even though
scornful laughter; ridicule; derision; sneer
to look away (from); to avert one's gaze; to disregard; to ignore; to escape (from); to turn away (from)
to translate; to interpret
lifting (a child) high up in the air
to form; to shape; to make; to mold; to mould; to build up
koto (13-stringed Japanese zither); (arch.) stringed instrument
to sound together; to vibrate mutually; to reverberate
single; solo; solitary; just one; only one
lightly (floating); buoyantly; puffing (on a pipe, cigarette, etc.); tooting (a trumpet, horn, etc.); blowing (a flute, whistle)
spots; speckles; mottles; speckled; spotted
God; god; ace; king; superior person
regular matches in an official tournament
warm; mild; considerate; kind; warm (of a colour); mellow
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
ohajiki; traditional Japanese children's game similar to marbles, played with coin-shaped pieces made of coloured glass or plastic
keep on (doing); (doing) the whole time; (doing) all the time; (doing) all the way; (doing) non-stop
confections; sweets; candy; cake
cookie; biscuit; cookie (browser-related file sent from a WWW server)
birth; creation; formation
to meet; to assemble; to gather; to encounter; to run into
detestable; abhorrent; loathsome
traveling bag; travelling bag; suitcase
best; extra-fine; superfine; exceptionally; extraordinarily; by far
for the first time in one's life
to feel uplifted; to be cheered up; to hearten; to be inspired; to be energized
stool (stood on to reach high objects); small stepladder; (fig.) stepping stone