evening meal; dinner; supper
to swell (out); to expand; to be inflated; to get cross; to get sulky; to pout
pouring alcohol; person pouring alcohol for guests or customers (typically a woman); (apprentice) geisha; dancing girl
to taste; to try (food or drink)
blank space (in a document); blank; void; whitespace
to view (cherry) blossoms; to look at flowers
to be buried; to be covered; to overflow; to be crowded; to be repaid (e.g. debt); to be replenished
to dawdle; to waste time doing nothing in particular; to fret; to sulk; to rain on and off
look of the sky (esp. of bad weather); weather; course (of events); situation; way the wind is blowing
return to midwinter cold; cold spell in spring
in an instant; in a flash; in the blink of an eye; in no time at all; just like that
to draw (a line); to demarcate; to mark; to plan
subterranean rumbling; earth tremor
groan; moan; growl; snarl; hum (e.g. of a motor); buzz
pain; anguish; suffering; duhkha (suffering)
to go together; to go in company (with); to go along (with)
reconciliation; peace; rapprochement
to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself
to fire into; to shoot into
enjoyment (of freedom, beauty, etc.); reception (of a right, privilege, rank, etc.); having
dilapidated house; tumbledown house; my house; my home; (arch.) small resting place comprising four pillars and a roof (with no walls)
rain and wind; driving rain; the elements
being particular (about); being fussy; being picky; being choosy; being fastidious
ruined temple; abandoned temple; temple ruins; closing a temple
to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive
calico (pattern); tortoiseshell-and-white; calico cat; tortoiseshell-and-white cat
to be overproduced; to be incredibly good (e.g. for a child); to go much better than expected; to be too good to be true (of a story, etc.)
to shake; to swing; to sway; to shock
torrential rain; heavy rain; cloudburst; downpour
to make a living; to earn a livelihood
vague; obscure; indistinct; hazy; ambiguous
chief priest (of a Buddhist temple); abbot
hospitality; reception; treatment; (light) refreshment; entertaining with food and drink; treat