highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly
with a glitter; with a sparkle; brand new; shiny and new
to polish; to shine; to brush (e.g. teeth); to refine (e.g. a skill); to improve; to cultivate
confectionery; sweets; candy; cake
pumpkin (Cucurbita sp.); squash
surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
ghost; apparition; goblin; monster; something unusually large
to gouge out; to excavate; to hollow; to bore; to drill; to carve (e.g. pumpkin)
handmade; homegrown; hand-crafted; homemade
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
obedient; meek; docile; honest; frank; upfront (about one's feelings)
admiration; wonder; astonishment
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square
to dye; to colour; to color
mismatched; odd; irregular; inconsistent; incoherent; confused
expressing emotion; drawing facial expressions
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; confusion
perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that
carefree; buoyant; lighthearted; ease
praise; admiration; commendation; approbation
period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; victory; strictness; cruelty
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
to prostrate oneself before
article; goods; fine thing; fellow; (arch.) prostitute; (arch.) price
subtle; delicate; difficult; complex; doubtful; questionable
to sit up straight; to straighten one's posture; to straighten up
equation; formula; ceremony; style; (arch.) enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryo)
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
composition; construction; formation; makeup; structure; organization
layout (of a house or apartment); arrangement of rooms
over the top; thickly; heavily; richly
messy; untidy; disorderly; higgledy-piggledy
though; notwithstanding; although
ease of use; user-friendliness; usability; utility; convenience
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to be prudent; to be complete; to be thorough