to grant; to give; to confer; to teach; to instruct; to impart (knowledge)
from one's home; while sitting at home; without leaving one's house; without moving from one's chair; without taking a step outside
formality; social rules; social status; social standing; (arch.) amendments and enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryō)
tatami room; tatami mat room; formal Japanese room; dinner party in a tatami room (esp. when a geisha or maiko attends)
soft rush (Juncus effusus var. decipiens); common rush
fusuma; Japanese sliding screen
shoji (paper sliding door)
sukiya style of building; style of a tea-ceremony arbor (arbour)
open veranda; open verandah
traditional (Chinese or Japanese) dry landscape garden
to grow (of moss, grass, etc.); to sprout; to appear
garden lantern; hanging lantern
bamboo thicket; bamboo grove
Japanese-style garden; traditional Japanese landscape garden
to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize
leaving school (at the end of the day); getting out of school; coming home from school
several minutes; a few minutes
dialogue; conversation; talk; discussion; communication
person with whom to speak; someone to talk to; companion; advisor; adviser
circumstances; condition; arranging; managing; lending money; raising money
red; crimson; scarlet; Red; communist
to put on flesh; to get fat; to gain weight
existing law; existing laws; laws in force
as it is; plain (truth); bare; undisguised; unvarnished; unexaggerated
to one's heart's content or satisfaction
wagashi; traditional Japanese confectionery
innocent; chaste; naive; pure; unmixed; genuine
bowl (ceramic, porcelain); counter for bowls of food or drink
to distribute; to arrange; to arrange; to lay out (as in decorating); to marry off; to exile
very small fraction (of); very small proportion; very small part; tiny bit
to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)
being alone; solitude; loneliness; orphan