Vocabulary

flowery prose

an ornate style

attractively bound book

fertile, productive field

beautiful maiko or geisha

beautiful face; beautiful looks

excellent performance; fine play

training in aesthetics; aesthetic education; cultural study

fine clothing

an aesthetic existence

a fine custom

a sweet voice

epicure; gourmet

cosmetology

praiseworthy undertaking; commendable act

eulogistic name; poetic name; euphemism

art history

the world of the arts

artist

beautiful scenery

sense of beauty; aesthetic sense

flowery language; pretty words

beautiful hair

virtue; good qualities

face lotion

(a) facial; facial treatment; beauty treatment (for the face)

late completion; succeeding later in life; being a late bloomer

evening scene

late in life; one's later years

late ripening; late maturity; developing late

late frost

beyond this point; ahead

this and that; such and such

only this; this much

these days; now; recently

on this occasion; now; in these circumstances; with this opportunity

purpura; purple spot

Chinese milk vetch (Astragalus sinicus)

purple lightning; flash; swordflash

rosewood; red sandalwood