arbor; arbour; bower; summer house; square gazebo
drainboard; floor grates; duckboard; slatted wood (e.g. used as a base for storing futons inside a cupboard)
showing no concern at all; being not at all bothered; devil-may-care attitude
minuscule amount; extremely small quantity
wholly; solely; entirely; principally; mostly; chiefly
home ground; home field; one's haunt; one's stamping ground; one's domain
garden; orchard; park; place; world; environment
edge; brink; verge; time; moment of
stratum; geological formation; layer; bed (coal, gravel, etc.)
Japanese-style garden; traditional Japanese landscape garden
traditional; customary; conventional
landscape gardening; landscape architecture
matcha; powdered green tea
to push aside; to overcome (e.g. difficulties); to align; to put in order; (arch.) to push open
plentiful; lot of; much; pile of
inner-city area; city center
source of river; fountainhead
spring water; clear (pure) water
mouth; speech; counter for people or implements
torii (Shinto shrine archway)
rationalization; making (something) conform to reason; rationalization (of a company, industry, etc.); rationalisation; rationalization
sunlight filtering through trees
(one's) family; dependents; household; follower; retainer; underling
Inari (god of harvests, wealth, fertility, etc.); Inari shrine; inarizushi (sushi wrapped in fried tofu); scrotum; testicle sack
huge harvest (of the five grains); bumper crop; abundant crop
thriving (prosperous) business; rush of business
divine grace; divine favour; blessing; benefit; help
hokora; small wayside shrine
tanuki (Nyctereutes procyonoides); raccoon dog; sly dog; sly old fox; sly fox
reserve; spare; preparation; preliminaries
snugly (into hole, container, etc.); tightly (fitting, covering); firmly; (with a) pop (i.e. sound of a cork, etc. being pulled out of a hole in one movement); with a plop; (fall) straight
red clay; red earth; laterite; dark-red paint
to become muddy; to become slushy
splash of mud; mud spatter
meandering; snaking; zigzagging
muddy place; mud; mire; sludge; slush; quagmire