structure; construction; posture (e.g. in martial arts); pose; readiness; determination
temple; shrine; hall; company; (arch.) front room
bow (weapon); archery; bow (for a violin, etc.)
to shoot (arrow, bolt, dart)
to enter; to come in; to join (a club, company, etc.); to enter (a university, the army, etc.); to be contained (in); to be included (in); to (be able to) fit (in a container, building, etc.)
to do up (hair); to dress; to arrange; to tie; to bind; to fasten
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
a kind; a sort; of sorts; something of a; sort of; somewhat
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
good fortune; happiness; blessing; good luck
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
to continue; to keep up; to keep on; to continue ...; to keep on ...
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
exactly; just; right (when); just (as); just (about to); on the point of
inhabitant; resident; citizen; population
in this way; like this; this (much); so; uh; er
to fill (with); to be filled with; to express (an emotion); to project (sadness, joy, etc.); to wear (e.g. a smile)
engawa; external corridor on the outer side of traditional Japanese houses; bone at the base of a fin (esp. of a flatfish); meat at the base of a fin
careless; thoughtless; stupid; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
client office; client company
very close (to); within a stone's throw (of); a stone's throw away (from)
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
closely contested constituency; highly competitive marketplace; (fig.) battleground
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
(facial) expression (esp. fierce, fearless, sinister, etc.); look
to excite; to incite; to stimulate; to arouse; to tempt; to stir up
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
yen (currency of Japan); circle
to warm oneself; to sun oneself; to warm up; to get warm
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
slowly; unhurriedly; without haste; leisurely; at one's leisure
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
what the?; what's going on?; what's this?
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
that well-known ...; the one and only ...; that; those; the
high praise; great admiration; with critical acclaim; to rave reviews; currently; presently
katsura (Cercidiphyllum japonicum); Japanese Judas tree
imperial villa; royal villa; detached palace
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
after a bath; after taking a bath; large towel used after taking a bath; yukata worn after taking a bath