monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
vivid; bright; brilliant; skillful; skilful; adept
to colour; to color; to apply make-up; to decorate; to garnish
color scheme; colour scheme
refined; graceful; modest; cultivated; elegant; reserved
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
beauties of nature; the traditional themes of natural beauty in Japanese aesthetics; artistic pursuits involving nature themes
sum; harmony; peace; Japan; Japanese-style
work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production
rainy season (in Japan usu. from early June to mid-July); rain during the rainy season
to be irritated; to get annoyed; to lose one's patience
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
purification; cleanup (e.g. of politics); purge
disorder; confusion; clutter; mess; muddle; disarray
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
softly; gently; stealthily; secretly; to leave alone; to leave as it is
to decorate; to add a touch of colour; to grace
photography (still or motion); photographing; filming; shooting; (video) recording
having said that; on the other hand
Herculean task; next-to-impossible undertaking
turning point; turnaround point (e.g. in a race); turning back point
glamorous; charming; beguiling; bewitching; beautiful; fascinatingly elegant
first-class; top grade; characteristic; peculiar; school (e.g. of a performance art); one flag
skill; dexterity; proficiency
tearing; ripping; crunching; munching; stiff; starchy; (working) hard
most ominous; most sinister; most atrocious; most evil
emergency meeting of the upper house of the Diet (in response to dissolution of the lower house)
hideout; secret base of operations; safe house
meeting up; gathering; assembly; set
to leave (someone) alone; to leave to oneself; to leave (someone) be
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.)
number of days (times) one has attended
all things being in flux through the endless circle of birth, death, and rebirth; the circle of transmigration
1,000,000; one million; million; many
repetition; repeat; reiteration; repeatedly
even if; even though; however; no matter how
IQ; intelligence quotient
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school