with a clash; with a thud; unexpectedly (meeting someone); suddenly (ending); abruptly (coming to a halt)
to meet someone by chance; to happen upon
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
to pass by; to go past; to go to extremes; to overdo it; to go too far
sharp-eyed; keen-eyed; easily awakened
remaining bony parts (of a fish after filleting); flaw (esp. of a person); fault; rice chaff; rough; crude
nicely; properly; frequently; often; how (could you); why (would you)
unsafe; insecure; careless; dangerous; incautious; imprudent
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
coming down from one's seat and prostrating oneself (to pay obeisance); musicians' box on the left side of the stage; lower seat
to be sooty; to be stained
every corner; every nook and cranny; all the ins and outs
fusuma paper; paper pasted over a fusuma (similar to wallpaper)
tear; rip; breach; spoilage; waste; wastepaper
to replace (a picture, sign, hanging scroll, etc.); to substitute; to take down (an old picture, etc.) and put up a new one; to move (a picture, etc.) to another location; to hang somewhere else
Marici (Buddhist god of war)
hanging scroll; kakemono; bed covering (quilt, futon, blanket, etc.); sugared sweets
paper treated with astringent persimmon juice
Buddhist (household) altar
with a glitter; with a sparkle; brand new; shiny and new; cleaned (of a plate, etc.); finished
to polish; to shine; to burnish; to refine (a skill, etc.); to improve; to hone
original; primitive; primary; fundamental; proto-
the five virtues (esp. in Confucianism); tripod; three or four-legged kettle stand; family crest in the shape of a three-legged kettle stand
tool; implement; means; furniture
to be imaginable; to be conceivable
directly (from someone's mouth); in one's own words
by means of; due to; because of; according to
Russo-Japanese War (1904-5)
first lieutenant; lieutenant junior grade
live-in domestic service; live-in apprenticeship; public duty; public service
maid or housekeeper (in a visiting arrangement)
manual piecework done at home
bringing up; rearing; upbringing
luckily; blessedly; fortunately
(United States of) America; United States; US; America (land mass); the Americas
residence; living (at, in); abode
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
home country; one's own country; suzerain country (from the perspective of the vassal state); colonizing country; country of one's ancestors; this country
why; how; for what reason