classic (work, esp. book); the classics
textbook; coursebook; schoolbook
photograph; photo; picture; moving picture; movie
book bound in Japanese style
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity
cover (of a book, magazine, etc.); binding; appearing on the cover of a magazine
cloth; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
to get blurred; to get hoarse; to get husky; to graze; to scrape
counter for small animals; counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); (arch.) counter for horses; roll of cloth
one by one; one after another; successively
to rise to the surface; to come to the front; to emerge (e.g. from obscurity); to stand out (e.g. against a dark background)
if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle
badness; evilness; bad; evil
to talk; to chat; to chatter
carving; engraving; sculpture
three wise monkeys (who "see no evil, hear no evil, and speak no evil")
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
to see without obstruction; to see through; to forecast; to predict; to anticipate
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
malicious; ill-tempered; unkind
(arch.) it is not so; no; never mind
god; deity; incredible; fantastic; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder
not counting (as anything significant)
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
to say; to utter; to declare; to name; to call
blue and white; paleness; pallidness
(parasitic) host; landlord; innkeeper
(arch.) offering (to the gods, emperor, etc.); gift; sacrifice
while; during (the time when)
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
to shorten; to narrow; to close; to shrink
a kind; a sort; of sorts; something of a; sort of; somewhat
special; particular; peculiar; unique