highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly
for this very reason; that is exactly why
goods; materials; commodities; resources; supplies
coming and going; traffic; road; street; association; socializing
narrow; tight; formal; stiff; constrained; uncomfortable
crescent moon; young moon
to be erected; to be built
inside the Imperial Palace; Department of the Imperial Household
audience (with a superior, e.g. nobility)
hall; saloon; spacious room; reception room
pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
standing close together; bristling (with)
deep blue; bright blue; ghastly pale; pallid; white as a sheet
continuation; succession; series; continuous
to hang; to suspend; to hang oneself; to hoist an opponent off of his feet by his loincloth; to turn upwards (as if being pulled); to be slanted (of eyes)
orderly; regular; systematic; well-organized; well-organised; trim
regular; well-regulated; systematic; orderly
standing in a row; forming a line; alignment
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or someone else
10th day of the month; ten days
rate; ratio; one tenth; ten percent; (comparative) profit; gain; assignment
to claim lives; to cause deaths; to result in fatalities
to lower the curtain (at the end of a play); to come to an end; to finish
falling of the curtain; (coming to an) end; close
way; style; ceremony; rite; wedding (ceremony); equation
graduation ceremony; commencement
jue (ancient 3-legged Chinese wine pitcher, usu. made of bronze); peerage (hereditary title bestowed by the emperor)
to be granted (e.g. a title); to be awarded (e.g. a prize); to be gifted with (a talent); to be taught (e.g. a secret technique); to be instructed; to be initiated
to hold (a ceremony); to perform
event; festivities; function; social gathering; auspices; opening
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
to come to see; to come and see; to visit
sleeve; wing (of a stage, desk, gate, etc.); flap (of a dust jacket)
curtain; act (in a play); falling of the curtain; end (of a scene); end; close; case
famous; noted; renowned; celebrated; well-known
being able to do as one pleases; doing at will; pothook