strength and weakness; (degree of) strength; stress (of a sound); loudness
tedious; boring; being fed up with
spot (glimpse, outline); sighting
public acknowledgment; public acknowledgement; public recognition; commendation; awarding
national customs and manners; provincial song or ballad; waka (classical Japanese poetry, as opposed to Chinese poetry)
dark (skin, complexion, etc.); swarthy; tanned
elderly woman; senior lady-in-waiting
your native country; your hometown; my home country (i.e. Japan); countryside; country; (arch.) daimyo's territory (Edo period)
colour usage; color usage; use of colour
blue cloth; blue ground; blue background
purple; violet; Lithospermum erythrorhizon (species of gromwell); type of soy sauce
wistful; desirous of; hungry-looking; greedy-looking
to cause a loss; to make a hole (in)
smartly dressed; stylish; someone smartly dressed; to dress up; to be fashionable
rhinoceros beetle (esp. the Japanese rhinoceros beetle, Trypoxylus dichotomus)
Chinese windmill palm (Trachycarpus fortunei); Chusan palm; hemp palm
jus sanguinis; principle that citizenship is determined by that of one's parents
baseball club (at a university, corporation, etc.); baseball team
rhombus; rhomb; lozenge; diamond shape
head; chief; leader; the greatest of all; the most excellent
national costume; (in) native dress
manner; demeanour; demeanor; bearing
lightning; thunder; god of thunder; god of lightning; anger; fit of anger
dressing (esp. in kimono); fitting; helping someone get dressed; outer garment (in kabuki)
amorous; sexy; voluptuous; erotic
curvilinear beauty; curvaceousness
to count; to include in the number
skillfully; admirably; really well; excellently
this and that; one thing and another
emerging market; emerging nation; emergent nation; developing country; developing nation
growth stock; person with future promise
reciprocal relationship; mutually beneficial relations; relationship with benefits to both parties
to find a way; to find the time; to try to make oneself available
appearing as if something doesn't exist; casual; offhand