in the mountains; among the mountains
sword; blade; single stroke
Qi (kingdom in China during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Period of the Warring States); Ch'i
to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass
hearth; fireplace; furnace; kiln
tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
to sit cross-legged; to rest on one's laurels
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
now; the present time; just now; another; more
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
tea; tea plant (Camellia sinensis); tea preparation; making tea; brown; (arch.) mockery
to be needed; to be wanted
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
unsophisticated; ruggedly honest; artless; unaffected; simple; naive
that's the way it is; such is life
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
talkativeness; loquacity; polypetalous; multivalve
wall clock; grandfather clock
darn it!; darn!; oops!; oh dear!; oh no!
tuber; taro; yokel; bumpkin; dud; worthless thing
to throw into; to toss into
potato (Solanum tuberosum)
twelve o'clock; noon; midnight
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
to rise up (e.g. pillar of smoke); to go up
kitchen; financial situation
to exchange glances; to look at each other; to postpone; to put off; to contrast; to compare
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
draining basket (traditionally made of bamboo); colander; something full of holes; zaru soba; strong drinker; someone who can drink like a fish
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
taro (Colocasia esculenta); dasheen; eddo
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
cool; stylish; good-looking; fashionable; sexy
four; four years of age; ten o'clock (old time system); Burakumin; cross grips
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
flagstaff decorated with ivory carried by the emperor or a general