agile; nimble; casual (clothing); light (e.g. luggage); carefree; with limited responsibility
considerably; greatly; a lot
lasting (work); sustained (effort); prolonged; long-winded
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
commerce; trade; business
institution; establishment; facility; home (for elderly, orphans, etc.)
café; cafe; coffeehouse; hostess bar (serving western alcoholic beverages; Taisho and Showa period)
general (variety) store (shop)
to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address
Musashi (former province located in parts of present-day Tokyo, Kanagawa and Saitama prefectures)
painting something on commission; drawing something on commission; newly drawn pictures (or paintings, manga, etc.)
illustration; picture; sketch; drawing; figure
gem; jewel; precious stone
to treat; to handle; to deal with; to arrange; to decorate; to dress
to be photographed; to be projected
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
palace; tonic (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); ancient Chinese punishment (castration for men, or confinement for women); zodiacal sign
to be stormy; to be rough; to be rough (of skin); to be chapped; to be ruined; to fall into ruin
of no interest; not interested
ago; since; before; previous
opening to the public; making available to the public; putting on display; exhibiting; showing (play, movie, etc.); holding (interview, etc.)
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
character; personality; (fictional) character; letter; character
sale; offering for sale; release (for sale); launch (product)
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
coupling; shipping; pairing of characters in a romantic relationship (in fan fiction, manga, etc.)
explanation; interpretation
difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error
quay; wharf; jetty; wall-like shoreline; cliff wall
rock; boulder; crag; cliff; anchor
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
style (of a work, author, artist, etc.); characteristics
grand; heroic; sublime; fierce
wedding ring; wedding band
left hand; left-hand side; left-hand direction; (on) the left