hearth; fireplace; furnace; kiln; young girl; childlike young woman
to concentrate; to focus on; to devote; to stiffen; to become tense
piece of wood (cut from a larger piece); chip of wood; block of wood
pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
innovative; liberal; reformist; progressive
interest; eagerness; enthusiasm
so to speak; so to call it; as it were; in a sense
scrap wood; waste wood; waste; waste material; scrap material
secondhand article; secondhand goods; used item
technical civilization; technical civilisation
to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck
long time; several hours; long spell
complex; inferiority complex; complex (of buildings, facilities, etc.)
to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder
welcome; (warm) reception
mason; stonemason; stonecutter
source; origin; birthplace; release from prison; discharge from prison
woodcutter; lumberjack; logger
complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
to be at wits' end; to be greatly perplexed; to be troubled
just now; at this moment; at this point of time
wood; lumber; (raw) material; stuff; talent; ability
Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica)
pine tree (Pinus spp.); highest (of a three-tier ranking system)
leaving (a decision, job, etc.) to someone else; entrusting; leaving the choice of a meal to the chef; omakase
surely; certainly; no doubt; must
to flow into; to pour into; to stream into
dangerous; unsettled; troubled; disturbed; insecure
agglutination; adhesion; fusion; combination; blending; uniting
pleasant; agreeable; comfortable
having two horses draw (e.g. a carriage); two-horse-drawn carriage
oscillation; vibration; swing (e.g. of a pendulum)