to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
arrangement of stones in a garden
vista; view; scene; counter for scenes (in a play)
to imitate; to copy; to mock; to trace; to forge
garden; orchard; park; place; world; environment
bent back; hunchback; stoop
slightly (of an action); (looking) small and quiet
to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for
coming down from one's seat and prostrating oneself (to pay obeisance); musicians' box on the left side of the stage; lower seat
zabuton; flat floor cushion used when sitting or kneeling; usu. rectangular
construction; architecture (of buildings)
chief seat; seat of honor; seat of honour; head of the table
nobleman; dignitary; feudal lord (of the Edo period); daimyo; man brought up away from the world; arrogant man with little knowledge of the ways of the world
first meeting; first interview with
to take one's leave; to excuse oneself; to resign (from); to step down; to decline; to turn down
muahaha (laughter); mwahahaha; bahaha; bwahaha
to get mended; to be repaired; to return to normal; to recover (e.g. one's temper); to be corrected; to get put right; to come right
to spend; to expend; to waste; to squander; to devote
children's hairstyle of short untied hair; child with short untied hair; young girl working as a servant for a high-class prostitute (Edo period); (arch.) baldness; (arch.) bald head
rabbit; hare; coney; cony; lagomorph (esp. leporids)
to put together; to combine; to join together; to match against (e.g. in a sport)
shadow picture; silhouette; shadowgraph
to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to be promoted
to warm (up); to heat (up)
to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose
the skin (of a human being); warmth of the skin; body warmth
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
to lay the blame on; to put the fault on
alcohol; sake; demon drink
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
greater than ...; bigger ...
one or two; a couple; a few; first and second (place); the top two
old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly
often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
one's cherished opinion; pet theory
to reheat; to steam over; to bring up again (a problem that has been dealt with); to take up again; to drag up
China (sometimes also used in ref. to Korea or other foreign countries)
koto (13-stringed Japanese zither); (arch.) stringed instrument
chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum morifolium)