shoji (paper sliding door)
fusuma; Japanese sliding screen
to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of
ventilation; communication (within an organisation); openness
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
to bend one's head slightly to one side; to look slightly doubtful
bungalow; one-story house
minority group (party); minority
urban area; urban district
one plot (of land); one block (i.e. one city block); one area; one brush stroke; one kanji stroke
to demarcate; to delimit; to divide (an area); to punctuate; to put an end to (e.g. a sentence); to insert pauses or breaks (e.g. when reading aloud)
rattan; (rattan) cane (e.g. used in wicker furniture)
to knit; to plait; to braid; to compile (anthology, dictionary, etc.); to edit
Japanese style; Japanesque; Japanism
zabuton (flat floor cushion used when sitting or kneeling; usu. rectangular)
facing; opposite; across the street; other side
to check; to hold back; to keep at bay; to stop; to prevent; to stem
-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person
mountain where old people were abandoned (according to legend); position or division in a company to which an old and ineffective person is transferred; women's college
too; also; still; as before; even so; either way
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
which reminds me ...; come to think of it ...; now that you mention it ...; on that subject ...; so, if you say ...
to weaken; to grow weak; to be downcast; to be dejected; to be troubled; to be at a loss
to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor
old tale; folk tale; legend; reminiscence
practice of abandoning old people, usu. women
way to die; means of dying; quality of one's death
to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on
by myself; in person; by oneself
to carry on; to go on with one's life; to keep alive; to stay alive; to survive
to reward; to recompense; to repay; to retaliate; to get revenge
to wring the neck; to strangle
zest for living; energy to live
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
to get better; to get well; to recover (from an illness); to be cured; to be restored; to heal
complete; whole; perfect; safe
to be prolonged; to drag on
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
sick person; patient; invalid
to relax; to make oneself comfortable
great (quantity, amount, etc.); huge; enormous; serious