work; workmanship; craftsmanship; artifice; trick; device
sago cycad (Cycas revoluta); king sago palm; sago palm; Japanese sago palm
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
The Name of the Rose (1980 novel by Umberto Eco)
eaves; narrow aisle surrounding the core of a temple building
bellows (of an accordion, camera, etc.); cornice; rickrack; ricrac; pleated shape; accordion pleats
crevice; crack; spare moment; interval; chink (in one's armor, armour); unpreparedness
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
to demarcate; to delimit; to divide (an area); to punctuate; to put an end to (e.g. a sentence); to insert pauses or breaks (e.g. when reading aloud)
upper tier; upper section; place of honor; place of honour; dais; raised part of floor
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
it is not (like that) either
limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...
spelling; orthography; patching; binding
understanding; comprehension; appreciation; sympathy
leather-bound; leather binding
rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse
layer; stratum; class; stratum; sheaf; counter for stories (of a building)
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance
to wear (sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted (e.g. with a mission); to take on; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
glacial period; glacial; glaciation
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
deer (esp. the sika deer, Cervus nippon); cervid
bone; frame; outline; core; backbone; spirit
(Japanese) larch (Larix leptolepis, Larix kaempferi)
fossil; petrifaction; petrification; fossilization
discovery; detection; finding
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
slightly; lightly; thinly; faintly; dimly
indication; sign; hint; tone (of the market)