rendezvous; meeting; area where guests gather before the start of a tea ceremony; waiting room; (arch.) meeting place for assignations, drinking, etc.
fields (of rice and other crops)
satisfactory; desirable; favourable; seeming (to be); appearing
returning (home) to Tokyo; returning to the capital
housework; domestic chores; family affairs; household matters
the same generation; coeval
to leave (someone) alone; to leave to oneself; to leave (someone) be
contemplation; meditation
going out; outing; leaving (one's home, office, etc.)
notice; notification; permission; consent; rejection; refusal
to cling to; to hold on to; to grapple; to set about doing; to begin; to possess (someone; of an evil spirit, idea, etc.)
to be driven into a corner; to be left with nowhere to turn; to be in a dilemma; to be unable to go forward or backward; to be stranded; to get stuck
open; spacious; extensive
to knead well; to polish; to refine
curry bread (usu. deep-fried); curry doughnut; curry bun; curry roll
shadow (e.g. on someone's happiness); cloud; shade; gloom
to fill (with); to be filled with; to express (an emotion); to project (sadness, joy, etc.); to wear (e.g. a smile)
fine-meshed bamboo basket
dumbfounded; speechless; flabbergasted; struck dumb with astonishment
space alien; alien; extraterrestrial being
somehow; without knowing (it); unconsciously; unthinkingly
to swallow; to gulp down; to understand; to grasp; to engulf; to swallow up
side (esp. of a waterbody); edge; bank; shore
to open up (to someone); to become unreserved; to lower one's guard; to become friendly (with); to feel at ease; to take a relaxed attitude (to)
to well (up); to gush out (of water); to appear (esp. suddenly) (sweat, tears, etc.); to sweat; to feel emotions (e.g. joy, bravery, etc.); to spring up (e.g. an idea, emotions, clouds)
to replace; to convert; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute (person, staff member, player, etc.)
shallow; superficial; slight (wound); light (sleep); short (time); early
ikebana; Japanese art of flower arrangement
attachment (esp. to things); love; affection; fondness
to pile up and up; to pile up more and more; to mount (e.g. debts, concerns)
shunning; ostracism; exclusion; flick (of one's finger; to express disgust, scorn, disapproval, etc.)
to express in a refined fashion; to weave a web of words
to take offense; to take offence; to get angry; to lose one's temper
self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself
to speak words (of); to speak (to); to say (something); to say some (kind, comforting, etc.) words
selling off; disposal by sale; sale