poor; pitiful; piteous; pitiable
crude; unrefined; coarse; ill-mannered; rude; insensitive
sensitive (person, heart, etc.); delicate (issue, problem, etc.); sensitive; fragile; delicate; delicate (fabric, shade, flavour, etc.)
wholeheartedly; with heart and soul; intently; with undivided attention; with intense concentration; single-mindedly
land mine; topic that sets someone off; sensitive topic; something that seems fine at first but turns out to be very bad (e.g. product, business); booby trap
word; word; Word; Microsoft Word
shallow; superficial; thoughtless; short-sighted; foolish; silly
glamorous; charming; beguiling; bewitching; beautiful; fascinatingly elegant
to live; to make a living; to get on with
wiles; trick; artifice; lover (male) (esp. of a prostitute)
sink (e.g. in a kitchen); cruising (e.g. taxi); strolling (entertainer, musician, etc.); washing area (in a Japanese-style bath); back-washing service (in a public bath); floating (something on water)
drop of water; vessel for replenishing inkstone water
painstaking; careful; meticulous; scrupulous; detailed; elaborate
what do you want?; can I help you?
in accordance with; according to
to have one's horizons broadened
spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham
ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom
long-cherished ambition; satisfaction
to shake; to waver; to tremble
with no physical defects; in perfectly good health; sound in wind and limb
in every nook and corner; from A to Z; from head to toe; from cover to cover
to run into; to rush into; to (run and) seek refuge in; to take shelter in
in accordance with; following; roughly; about; Street; Avenue
unable to stay healthy; ruining one's health; exceeding the limits of one's body; unable to maintain one's fortune
packing; packaging; face mask; face pack; puck
katsuobushi; small pieces of sliced dried bonito
dashi (Japanese soup stock made from fish and kelp)
gentle clinking; sound of rapping; sound of rattling; simmering noise; light bubbling; sound of cooking something on a low flame
to be boiled; to be cooked
filtering through silk cloth; straining through silk cloth
rolled Japanese-style omelette
increase in activity; activation