door; gate; opening; title page
maid; female servant; hostess (in a ryokan); waitress (in a traditional restaurant); (arch.) court lady
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
end (of a street, hallway, etc.)
tower; steeple; spire; stupa; pagoda; dagoba
low entrance (usually, but not always, to a teahouse) with a tiled archway overhead
fusuma; Japanese sliding screen
to lie deep in; to extend far back
coming down from one's seat and prostrating oneself (to pay obeisance); musicians' box on the left side of the stage; lower seat
spreading; laying out; security deposit; Japanese mattress
lower reaches (of a river); bottom; lower part; lower half (of the body, esp. the privates); feces (faeces); end
tatami room; tatami mat room; formal Japanese room; dinner party in a tatami room (esp. when a geisha or maiko attends)
four and a half tatami mats; four-and-a-half-mat room; small room esp. for assignations
guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of one's arrival); invitation
aroma; fragrance; scent; smell
basket (shopping, etc.); hamper; cage
woven straw mat (orig. made of wild rice leaves); beggar; (arch.) Manchurian wild rice (Zizania latifolia)
occasional; infrequent; rare
ditch; drain; groove; tread; gap (between people, countries, etc.); gulf
legume (esp. edible legumes or their seeds, e.g. beans, peas, pulses); bean; soya bean (Glycine max); soybean; female genitalia (esp. the clitoris); kidney; small
to get between; to be caught in
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
zabuton (flat floor cushion used when sitting or kneeling; usu. rectangular)
pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely
to be put in order; to be put to rights; to be disposed of; to be solved; to be finished; to be married (off)
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
way; method; means; (technical) specification
tea and cakes; refreshments
to shuffle (on one's bottom or knees); to crawl; to shift position (of an object)
shoji (paper sliding door)
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
to seem to be ...; to become like ...; to behave as ...
small garden; small place
garden lantern; hanging lantern
praying mantis (esp. the narrow-winged mantis, Tenodera angustipennis)
light; lamp; counter for electric lights