bamboo thicket; bamboo grove
to mask; to cover; to cloak; to hide; to conceal
tatami mat; Japanese straw floor coverings
wooden building; wooden architecture
antiseptic solution; disinfectant solution
shoji (paper sliding door)
to look through; to hold up to the light; to make an opening; to leave space; to fart without making a sound
faintly; weakly; dimly; fool; simpleton; dimwit
water-filled bamboo tube which clacks against a stone when emptied; device for scaring birds from gardens
front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context
fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)
pathological; morbid; unhealthy; diseased; unwholesome; abnormal
yukata (light cotton kimono worn in the summer or used as a bathrobe)
traditional short winter coat resembling a haori without gussets; livery coat
to put on (coat, gown, etc.)
to lay aside; to set aside
book; volume; this; present; main; head
difficult to understand; unintelligible; abstruse
to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember
(study of) pharmacy; pharmaceutics
bedside; near one's pillow
counter for books; volume
medical science; medicine
alchemy; way of making money; moneymaker; money-spinner
innocent; cherubic; childlike
looks; personal appearance; features
coughing; hacking cough; thundering; drumming
variety; kind; type; counter for kinds, species, etc.
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
O-Bon; Obon; Bon Festival; tray
pitcher; water jug; watering can; container of fresh water for replenishing the kettle and rinsing bowls (tea ceremony)
glass (drinking vessel); tumbler; cups (playing card suit)
to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up
reverberation; swelling (of a hymn); lingering memory; aftertaste; suggestiveness (of a book, poem, etc.)
fusuma; Japanese sliding screen
attending physician; physician in charge; (one's) family doctor