method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve
cherry tree; cherry blossom; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder; horse meat
to colour; to color; to apply make-up; to decorate; to garnish
slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
perfect; complete; flawless
power of expression; expressiveness; expressive power
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
to show contempt for; to look down upon; to have a low opinion of; to cause to fall; to make decline
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
illustration; picture; sketch; drawing; figure
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
to warp; to bend; to contort; to be perverted; to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.); to be distorted
erotic; pornographic; obscene; perverted; horny; dirty
dōjinshi; magazine published by like-minded people; fanzine; zine
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
while; during; while; although; all; both
essential; important; crucial; vital; main
wholesale delegation; hundred-percent subcontracting; leaving all the decision-making to somebody else
seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck
producer (film, TV, etc.)
swindler; fraudster; trickster; con man
without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after
irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; reasonable; moderate
race (of people); type of person
willingness (e.g. to do something); eagerness; motivation; inspiration; determination; high aspirations
passion; enthusiasm; zeal
to overflow; to brim over; to flood
planning; project; plan; design
implementation (e.g. of a system); materialization; materialisation; realization; realisation; actualization
piece of paper; slip of paper; strip of paper; scrap of paper
one thin flat object; one sheet
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious