horseback riding; sitting astride; straddling
Japanese green gentian (Swertia japonica); alderfly (esp. species Sialis japonica); alder fly
chugging (a glassful of) a drink in one go
typical; standard; fixed; stereotyped
gasping for breath; puffing and panting; wheezing
walking briskly; determinedly
(telephone) extension; additional telephone handset; portable handset; cordless telephone
end; final; end of life; death; never; not at all
revolting; rebellion; going against; contradiction; antinomy
irrefutable evidence; smoking gun; solid evidence; incontestable proof; dead giveaway
being in the service of; serving at; holding office
first-time customer (of an inn or a restaurant); chance customer; customer without an introduction from a regular customer
watching (esp. during an emergency); being on alert; guard; watchmen
ebook; e-book; electronic book; digital book
child or doll used as a vessel for a spirit invoked by a shaman or miko
canopy; dome; priestly minstrel's reed hood; reed hood worn by Komuso priests
waitress (in a ryokan or traditional restaurant); hostess
proprietress-to-be of a Japanese inn or restaurant
to misjudge; to mistake; to misjudge (someone); to overestimate; to miss seeing; to overlook
to break up (e.g. a meeting); to call it a night
peremptorily; willy-nilly; forcibly
closing time; lockup; curfew
four and a half tatami mats; four-and-a-half-mat room; small room esp. for assignations
tokonoma (alcove where art or flowers are displayed)
tearoom; tea house; tea-ceremony room; tea arbour; tea arbor
small door which leads into a tea ceremony hut
one (of a pair); incomplete; imperfect; few; little; off-centre
publishing part by part (e.g. in a magazine)
heap; pile; stack; full measure