quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful
pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
study; library; den; home office; reading room
warm; mild; (pleasantly) hot; considerate; kind; genial
somewhat large; of a larger size; on the large size; large swing (bat, racquet, etc.); long sweeping stroke
thick; deep; kind; cordial; abundant
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
something; some kind of; for some reason
gold or silver lacquer; lacquer decoration sprinkled with metal powder
scattered animal feed; ground bait
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
paying for oneself; (at) one's own expense
tray; family; household; O-Bon; Bon Festival; gambler's den
to draw or pull something towards oneself (e.g. chair)
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
purple; violet; Lithospermum erythrorhizon (species of gromwell); type of soy sauce
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle
circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle
back; reverse; rear side; height; stature; ridge (of a mountain)
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
imperial capital (esp. Kyoto); final word of an iroha poem; 10^16; 10,000,000,000,000,000
maiko; apprentice geisha; dancing girl
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
friend; companion; comrade; accompaniment; companion (e.g. book); complement
tree covered in fresh green leaves; newly green trees of early Summer
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes
a piece; a scrap; a fragment; iota; modicum; trace
counter for scraps, fragments, petals, etc.
(one) leaf; (one) petal; piece (of paper); flake (of snow)
counter for thin, flat things (petals, leaves, etc.)
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
cherry tree; cherry blossom; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder; horse meat
to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread
to look at; to gaze at; to look out over; to get a view of; to look on (from the sidelines); to stand by and watch
to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address