small build; small stature; petite; small pattern
frail; having a weak constitution; being in poor health
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
sense of distance (physical or emotional); feeling of distance
continuation; succession; series
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
component; factor; item (e.g. in list); element (e.g. in array); member (e.g. data structure)
comic books; comics; comic; comical
latest; newest; late-breaking (news)
publication; edition (e.g. morning, evening, special); published in (year); publication frequency (e.g. daily, monthly)
tidying a garden; sweeping the yard; garden work
engawa; external corridor on the outer side of traditional Japanese houses; bone at the base of a fin; meat at the base of a fin (esp. of a flatfish)
to invite in; to show someone in
hospitality; reception; treatment; (light) refreshment; entertaining with food and drink; treat
yōkan; jellied dessert made from red bean paste, agar, and sugar
detached house; single house; single building; isolated house; house in isolated location
the same as it was long ago; unchanged; traditional
garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area
to become less crowded; to thin out; to get empty; to be hungry
with a friendly grin; smilingly
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony
green; emerald green; green color of new foliage; verdure
puffing (e.g. cigarette smoke); bobbing (to the surface); floating lightly
upright-floating tea stalk (considered a lucky omen)
some; few; somewhat; to a certain extent; (arch.) many; (arch.) a lot
being somewhat excited (agitated)
Good heavens!; Oh my god!; gee whiz
to stare in wonder; to be amazed
stingy; cheap; very frugal
after a long time; for the first time in a while
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
wintersweet (Chimonanthus praecox); Japanese allspice