small dining table (usu. for a single person); serving tray (with legs); meal; food; counter for bowlfuls of rice; counter for pairs of chopsticks
good; goodness; right; virtue
tea; tea plant (Camellia sinensis); tea preparation; making tea; brown; (arch.) mockery
to paint; to plaster; to lacquer; to varnish; to spread; to smear
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
although; though; despite the fact that ...
remnant; residue; remaining; left-over
to cover (with something); to put on (e.g. on someone else's head); to plate something (with a metal); to pour or dash a liquid (on something); to charge (a person with a guilt)
to remain; to be left over; to be in excess; to be too many
counter for scraps, fragments, petals, etc.
evening; night; dinner; evening meal; counter for nights
or something; for instance ... (though there are other suitable options); ... or ...; as soon as; right after; while still
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
shelf; ledge; rack; trellis
to project; to reflect; to cast (shadow)
collar; lapel; neckband; nape of the neck; scruff of the neck
one breath; time of one breath; pause; break; (doing in) one go; doing without stopping
to be wavy; to be curled; to be frizzled
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
hairdresser; hairdressing
to suit; to match; to become; to be like
samurai receiving this much rice as a fee; offering of rice cake containing this much rice; person receiving this amount of money as a salary
far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far
ox carriage (for Heian era nobles); oxcart
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
with a clatter; clatteringly
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
interval; break; pause; spare moment
accompaniment for traditional performances (noh, kabuki, etc.); orchestra; band
wood; woods; forest; bunch (of something); cluster; line
back street; back alley; off-street
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
(one's) wife; (someone's) wife; landlady
Mikawa (former province located in the east of present-day Aichi Prefecture)