one's principal residence; main home
making a rough estimate in one's head; expectation; anticipation
cohabiting but living in different worlds
thought; idea; conception
taking no notice of; paying no attention to
accomplishments; taking lessons (in dance, music, tea ceremony, flower arranging, etc.)
cram school; private tutoring school; juku
being extremely busy; being swamped with work
to whinge; to kvetch; to gripe; to complain; to whine
koto (13-stringed Japanese zither); (arch.) stringed instrument
careful; thorough; meticulous; scrupulous
splendour; splendor; pompousness; magnificence
dilapidated house; tumbledown house; my house; my home; small resting place comprising four pillars and a roof (with no walls)
slope; incline; slope (of a linear function); gradient (vector calculus)
advance; moving forward; progress
falling object; fallen object
to spring at; to leap upon
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
roadside tree; row of trees
archery range; brothel (covering up as an archery range)
sweet and sour; bittersweet
flames; forefront of fire; flame tips
drinking bout; merrymaking
old Japanese court music; gagaku
dew; tears; (not) a bit; (not) at all
common reed (Phragmites australis)
target area (e.g. archery); range (e.g. rifle, firing)
adaptation; accommodation; conforming; acclimatization; acclimatisation
breastplate; chest protector; bib
to peer into the darkness
delusion; illusion; infatuation; bewilderment; perplexity
one mind; wholeheartedness; one's whole heart
bow (weapon); archery; bow (for a violin, etc.)
to work hard; to make an effort
malice; malicious intent; intent to kill
archery range; archery ground; shooting range; firing range; position where an archer is standing; launch site (e.g. for rockets, missiles, etc.)
creeping at night into a woman's bedroom; stealing into a girl's bedroom at night to make love; sneaking visit