India ink; China ink; ink (of a cuttlefish, etc.)
Japanese calligraphy paper (approx. 25cm by 35cm)
to make a copy; to transcribe; to reproduce; to trace
traditional craft; traditional handicrafts
recognition; acknowledgement; acknowledgment; approval; consent; agreement
demonstration; verification; substantiation; actual proof
petty; small-minded; stingy; poor (performance, etc.); bad; unskilled
unprecedented; never seen before
to grant someone's request
change for the better; improvement; looking better (than before)
swiftly; rapidly; suddenly; abruptly; sharply (of a slope, bend, etc.); steeply
(study of) pharmacy; pharmaceutics
(power of) understanding; comprehensive faculty
main point; gist; essentials; bones (e.g. of an idea); pith
form; tense; adjective; i-adjective (in Japanese)
four-panel comic strip; yonkoma
closely-packed series of lectures; intensive course
main spindle; main shaft; linchpin; pivot; principal axis; main axis
application information; application guidelines; application handbook
member (of a class); trainee; participant
target group; target persons
inner citadel; core; center; centre
to be embarrassed; to lose face
small Zen temple built to commemorate the death of a high priest; minor temple in the grounds of a head temple
regular; usual; favourite; favorite; preferred; accustomed
dissatisfaction; discontent; disapproval; objection; complaint; protest
to set about in earnest; to put one's back into something
the touch of; feel of; texture
elementary; basic; rudimentary
inconsistency; mismatch; nonconformity; unconformity
wind and waves; strife; discord; dissension
to make trouble; to rock the boat; to make waves; to aggravate a situation
reigning; controlling; dictating
Leicester (Britain); Lester
to work out; to think up; to devise; to manage to find (money, time, etc.); to scrape together (funds)
reproducibility; repeatability; duplicability
security; guarantee; collateral (e.g. mortgage)