smoking area; smoking corner
presentation; exhibit; suggest; citation
to fish; to look for; to search for; to go on a spree (spending, reading, etc.); to binge
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; I feel regretful; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
impressions; thoughts; feelings; reactions
honestly speaking; in truth; in all honesty; to be frank
admiration; appreciation; enjoyment; viewing (for pleasure)
interest; entertainment; pleasure; implicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing)
to chip (off); to shave (off); to slice (off); to dampen (e.g. enthusiasm); to discourage; to weaken
Sei Shonagon (Poet of the Heian period, included in the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu)
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)
distinctive of; characteristic of; uniquely applying to; but; except; without
thick growth of plants; plantation; shrubbery; thicket
way; method; means; resource; course
assembly hall; meeting place; venue; grounds
to take (someone) out (for a walk, to lunch, etc.); to entice out; to lure away
platform; home; home base; home plate
rendezvous; meeting; area where guests gather before the start of a tea ceremony; waiting room; (arch.) meeting place for assignations, drinking, etc.
early ripening rice; early-ripening fruit (grain, etc.); person who becomes physically or mentally mature at an early age
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
way of speaking; profession
pavement café; sidewalk café; open-air café
lateness; tardiness; arriving late
on a routine basis; regularly; habitually
decorative ridge-end tile (traditionally bearing the face of a demon and resembling a gargoyle); hideous face
the West; the Occident; Western countries
construction; architecture (of buildings)
blending of Japanese and Western styles
in itself; the thing itself; this itself; for its own sake; per se