beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)
seductive; carnal; troubling; difficult; anxious; uneasy
to live; to reside; to inhabit
temporary; provisional; fictitious; assumed (name); hypothetical; theoretical
travellers' inn; stage inn
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
to investigate thoroughly; to examine closely; to probe into; to be obsessed with a thought; to brood over; to worry about
careful thought; consideration; deliberation; reflection; rumination; pondering
kitchen door; back door; service door; host's entrance to a tea-ceremony room
woven straw mat (orig. made of wild rice leaves); beggar; (arch.) Manchurian wild rice (Zizania latifolia)
to loaf (particularly on the job); to idle one's time away; to dawdle
to tidy up; to put in order; to settle (problem); to clear (dispute); to finish; to bring something to an end
dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure; complaint; unhappiness
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
to do for (the sake of someone else)
by all means; no matter what; at any rate
it's OK to ...; it's best to ...; it's alright to ...
going out (of a nobleman, etc.); visiting
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
to take a bath; to have a bath; to take a shower
amiability; friendliness; fondness (of someone); affection; compliments; civilities
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
discontent; dissatisfaction; complaint; grievance
unwillingly; grudgingly; shaking head in refusal (like a child); no!; no no!
to run into; to rush into; to (run and) seek refuge in; to take shelter in
to do mischief; to use abusive language
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
Japanese spaniel; Pekinese; chin
shivering (with cold); trembling (with fear); shuddering
greens; vegetables; rape (Brassica napus); rapeseed
keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use
wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment
Japanese cherry birch (Betula grossa); yellow catalpa (Catalpa ovata); Japanese mallotus (Mallotus japonicus); printing block; catalpa bow; catalpa medium
elderly woman; noh mask of an old woman
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
will; volition; intention; intent; determination
China; Han dynasty (China, 202 BCE-220 CE); Han (majority Chinese ethnic group); man