four and a half tatami mats; four-and-a-half-mat room; small room esp. for assignations
to pile up; to accumulate
properly; accurately; exactly; neatly; tidily; orderly
orderliness; put in order; tidying up; arranging neatly
something; nothing (with neg. verb)
lukewarm; tepid; half-hearted; vague; lenient; mild
feelings; emotion; compassion; sympathy; passion; affection
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
feeble; dejected; helpless; despondent
preparation; arrangements
department of a university; undergraduate (course, program, etc.)
department; section; course (of study); branch of study; (taxonomical) family
to study; to complete (a course); to order (one's life); to repair (a fault one has committed)
to teach; to take a teaching job
flight; running away; absconding; elopement
surroundings; environs; circumference
to become distant; to recede
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
intently; single-mindedly; devotedly; solely; earnestly; with all one's heart
self restraint; moderating one's behaviour; penitence; confinement to one's home; house arrest
early morning; early hours; early in the morning
to send out; to forward; to show (a person) out
collar; lapel; neckband; nape of the neck; scruff of the neck
new; unused; new; obvious; natural
little girl; maiden; young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryo period)
as if; as it were; as though; right then; just then; at that moment
vacant house; unoccupied house
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
clanging; empty; deserted
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma
languid; weary; listless; melancholy
to hang one's head; to look down; to cast one's eyes downward
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; around; about; round about
step; stride; counter for steps
to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit
neighbourhood; neighborhood; all sides; frontiers (of a country); four sides (of a shape)
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say