thin (of an object); pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.)
watery; soggy; racy; titillating; sexy
unfeeling; heartless; cold-hearted; cruel
implication; nuance; shade of meaning; connotation
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
meeting up; gathering; assembly; set
to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)
quick and decisive; fast and daring
making a swift decision; making immediate decisions and taking quick actions
clear-cut and straightforward; (of a person) forward-thinking; honest; upright
appearing in one's finest clothes; appearing in one's hour of triumph
foolish question; stupid question; one's question
being settled quickly; reaching a quick conclusion; no need to say any more; no problem
maximum preference; maximum priority; priority handling
process; course; mechanism
smirkingly; broadly (grinning)
for a long time; at (great) length; lengthily; (extending) far; (stretching) out; (lying down) at full length
perfect (for); ideal; just right; most suitable; tailor-made
self-evident truth; obvious fact; truism; axiom
persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency
ideal; perfect; most suitable; just right
bad influence; negative influence
this is why; that is the reason why; it is the case that; so; thus; with that
the crucial moment; the moment of truth; do-or-die situation; crucial juncture; crucial stage
to do one's best; to do something to the best of one's ability
details; particulars; detailed; specific; close-up view (of a digitally displayed map); zoomed-in view
idea; plan; draft; rough copy; expectation; (arch.) desk
Ochikubo Monogatari; The Tale of Ochikubo (Heian period Cinderella story)
thousand years; millennium; (fig.) long time
classic (work, esp. book); the classics
creator (of a work); author; writer; artist; composer; playwright
Sei Shōnagon (author and poet of the middle Heian period)
outline; summary; argument
hollow; cavity; sunken place; (arch.) vagina; (arch.) female genitalia
daughter of a person of high rank (esp. eldest daughter)
major general; rear admiral; air commodore
young nobleman; scion of a noble family; princely young man; man with an aristocratic air
one's circumstances; environment; situation (in life)
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
cold reception; inhospitality