commemoration; celebration; remembrance; memento; souvenir; keepsake
sleeping in late; oversleeping; late riser; sleepyhead
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
cloudiness; cloudy weather; fog (on a mirror, glasses, etc.); cloud (e.g. in marble); gloom; dejection
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
to accustom; to train (e.g. one's ear); to tame; to domesticate; to train (an animal)
to be frank; to open one's heart; to do truthfully; to break the bottom (e.g. of share price); to go below the bottom line
gentle; mild; meek; tender
scolding; telling-off; rebuke; complaint; grumbling; fault-finding
haori and hakama (Japanese male formal attire)
at hand; on hand; way of moving one's arms; skill; money at hand; pocket money
merit; success; meritorious deed; achievement; accumulated experience
to draw (water); to ladle; to pour (into a cup); to drink (together); to consider (feelings, the situation, etc.); to sympathize with
staringly; scrutinizing; scrutinising
social life; social intercourse
cutting in half; painting or calligraphy done on a half-sized piece of paper; half-size paper
to throw down; to throw out; to abandon; to resign; to give freely; to give generously
it's no big deal; it's no problem; it's nothing to worry about; safe (and sound); all right
thin India ink; diluted ink
praise; tribute; inscription (on a painting)
astringent; bitter; austere; elegant (and unobtrusive); sour (look); glum
-clad; in the midst of; tenths (e.g. wholesale price, as tenths of retail price); times (i.e. multiplied by); able-to-seat (of a chair, etc.)
writer; painter; drawer; skilful writer; skilful painter
great virtue; virtuous priest; priest; rich person
something or other; this and that; one thing this, another thing that; blah blah blah
Obaku school of Zen Buddhism
Kōzuke (former province located in present-day Gunma Prefecture)
(large) building; public building; hall
gate; door; house; family
Rikyū; Sen no Rikyū (1522-1591)
what; so-and-so; such and such; what?; wait; well, well
to cheat (someone out of); to swindle; to wangle; to wheedle; to get
king; ruler; tycoon; magnate; king (of the senior player)
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
because; as; since; so; due to
counter for birds or rabbits
wing; Chinese "Wings" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); (arch.) counter for birds or bird wings