with a clink (click, clack)
to throw down; to throw out; to abandon; to resign; to give freely; to give generously
hand-me-down; food offering to the gods; leftovers; trip from Kyoto to the provinces
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
probably; likely; perhaps; a lot of; much; many
to be careful; to pay attention; to take care
last night; yesterday evening
garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area
east and west; Orient and Occident; East and West; ladies and gentlemen!; your attention, please!
distinction; differentiation; discrimination; difference
corridor; gallery; hallway; cloister (i.e. covered walk typically circling a building or garden, esp. in a palace or place of worship)
frequently; repeatedly; eagerly; keenly; hard; terribly
to draw around (e.g. a curtain); to drag around; to take (someone) around; to parade around; to order about; to lead
in the end; finally; after all; ultimately
tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)
tatami room; tatami mat room; formal Japanese room; dinner party in a tatami room (esp. when a geisha or maiko attends)
estimate; guess; direction; bearings; registration mark (printing); approximately
dinner (esp. a formal one)
to finish; to get it over with; to settle; to pay back; to get along (without something); to make do with (without)
hot water; hot bath; hot spring; molten iron
room; wife (of someone of high rank); scabbard; Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to drink; to swallow; to smoke (tobacco); to swallow up; to engulf; to suppress (one's anger, bitter feelings, etc.); to keep down
small; little; slightly less than; just about; somewhat; somehow
bed; bedding; sickbed; alcove; riverbed; seedbed; straw "core" of a tatami mat
to lay out (a futon); to make (bed); to spread out; to postpone; to extend
than; rather than; instead of; from; since; except
agency; agent; answering (the door, phone, etc. on someone's behalf); ushering in (a visitor); passing on (a message); conveyance
waiting on a table; serving (at dinner); waiter; waitress; office boy; office girl
pot; jar; dice cup; depression; basin (e.g. of a waterfall); aim; what one wants
guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of a visitor's arrival); informing (someone) of a visitor's arrival
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to spread out (e.g. a futon); to lay out; to lay down (e.g. a cushion); to impose widely (e.g. martial law); to promulgate; to pin down; to hold down
girl (usu. between 7 and 17); young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryō period)
alone; by oneself; on one's own
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
to become ...-ish; to appear like ...; to have a touch of ...; to become stained with ...; to become steeped with ...; to become smeared with ...
obi (kimono sash); obi (strip of paper looped around a book, CD, etc. containing information about the product); band; belt; cingulum; radio or television program broadcast in the same time slot on all or most days
colouring; coloring; sex appeal (esp. of women); sexiness; interest in the opposite sex; sexual feelings; charm
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
old-fashioned; archaic; antique; antiquated
newspaper; paper; counter for newspapers