temporary; provisional; interim; special; extraordinary; extra
person living with a family; lodger; housemate; flatmate; roommate
hinoki cypress (Chamaecyparis obtusa); Japanese cypress
roadside tree; row of trees
to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
backdoor; rear entrance; rear exit; unauthorized; illicit; illegal
awning (over window, doorway); eaves (of roof); narrow aisle surrounding the core of a temple building; visor (of a cap); brim; classic Japanese women's low pompadour hairstyle
washing; laundry; relaxing; taking a break
to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
although; but; even though; I wish that
asking; enquiring; searching; looking for
to concentrate; to devote; to apply; to strain; to rack
household items; furniture; furnishings; (arch.) bow and arrow
experience; being accustomed (to something); poise in a critical situation
reception room; parlor; parlour
to be opposite; to face each other
to melt into; to dissolve into; to merge into; to blend into (surroundings); to fit in; to adapt to
your home; your family; their home; (my) home
to open wide (doors, windows, etc.); to fling open
verdant; fresh and green; bright green; lush
decoration; ornament; trimmings
pot; jar; dice cup; depression; basin (e.g. of a waterfall); aim; what one wants
to be put in order; to be put to rights; to be disposed of; to be solved; to be finished; to be married (off)
older brother; elder brother
death from disease; death from illness
single (i.e. unmarried) person; someone alone
to bring (somebody into a place); to lead into
to remain; to stay (somewhere)
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)
mistress; lover; prostitute
neighborhood; neighbourhood; street; block; town
suffering (from a calamity); affliction