chest of drawers; bureau; cabinet; tansu; dresser
tool; implement; means; furniture
thoroughly; carefully; deliberately; seriously; fully
sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages
orderly; regular; systematic; well-organized; well-organised; trim
to flow out; to stream out; to pour out; to gush forth; to leak; to ooze out
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
sunken hearth; sunken fireplace
to build (a fire); to make; to start; to light
to hang down (from); to dangle; to be within one's reach; to dangle (before one's eyes); to be completely reliant on; to be entirely dependent on
being able to do as one pleases; doing at will; pothook
needle; pin; hook; stinger; thorn; hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer
whistling (e.g. of a kettle)
threshold (esp. one with grooves for sliding doors); sill
to step over; to step across; to stride over; to stretch over; to span; to bridge
purple; violet; Lithospermum erythrorhizon (species of gromwell); type of soy sauce
zabuton (flat floor cushion used when sitting or kneeling; usu. rectangular)
blackened; black-painted; black-lacquered; blackened thing
apple (fruit); apple tree (Malus pumila)
mandarin (esp. the satsuma mandarin (Citrus unshiu)); mandarin orange; tangerine; citrus (Citrus spp.)
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
opposite side; opposition
tatami room; tatami mat room; formal Japanese room; dinner party in a tatami room (esp. when a geisha or maiko attends)
folding; collapsible; telescopic
bowl; vessel; container; ability; capacity; calibre
cinnabar; vermillion; red pigment (and ink made from same); red text (as used to correct documents)
gold or silver lacquer; lacquer decoration sprinkled with metal powder
jūbako; multi-tiered food box
O-Bon; Obon; Bon Festival; tray
sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages; counter for cupfuls, bowlfuls, spoonfuls, etc.; counter for boats; counter for octopuses and squid; cup (in sports)
ikebana; Japanese art of flower arrangement
to be rich in; to abound in; to be abundant in; to be rich; to be wealthy