different school (e.g. of ikebana)
contrary to one's habit; unusually
appeal made directly to a senior official without going through formalities
gloom; darkness; seclusion
freeform assignment (esp. one to be completed over the summer break)
looking over; glancing through
powdered sugar; icing sugar
(visual) scrutiny; close inspection; detailed map; detailed guide; guide to the Yoshiwara red light district
jewellery worn at the neck or collar of Western clothing (brooch, necklace, choker, etc.); necktie
to impose a gag order; to hush up; to order someone not to mention something
playing with a handicap of one rook or bishop
just as one thought; as usual; sure enough
to be completely boiled; to be boiled to a turn
looking at again; watching again; discovering again; seeing again
branch of languages (i.e. Italic languages as a subset of Indo-European languages)
dance of death; danse macabre
to model on; to make in the shape of; to represent; to symbolise
frivolity; levity; shallowness; superficiality
a disgrace (to a whole group of people)
to desperately cover up; to hide at all costs
to recite; to chant; to read aloud
built-in; fixed; attached
quite absurd thing; something ridiculous that makes one laugh; extremely irritating thing
sensuously beautiful; seductively beautiful; voluptuous
view without saying a word; tacit permission
to slide down; to slip down
partition board; plank used as a partition; board used in a ship to prevent the cargo from moving around
Maia; Mya; Myer; Maia; Maia (Portugal)
armrest (of a chair); elbow rest