hospitality; reception; treatment; (light) refreshment; entertaining with food and drink; treat
coarse, low-grade tea; tea (often used when offering someone a cup)
receiving; welcoming; going to meet; final call; call of fate; approach of death
to come; to go; to participate; to perform Zen meditation
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
myself; oneself; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) you (referring to one's inferior)
tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony
in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
retaining wall; sheathing
to fold (clothes, umbrella); to close (a shop, business); to vacate
to go around; to return; to surround; to concern (usu. of disputes)
free-standing house; clump (e.g. of trees); group
powerful local clan; local strongman
making; producing; appearance (attire, make-up, etc.); build; physique; sashimi
making; producing; appearance (attire, make-up, etc.); build; physique; sashimi
elegance; grace; refinement; good taste
admirable; charming; nostalgic; curious; eager to know (or see, experience, etc.)
thatched cottage; hovel; my humble cottage
one's house; one's home; one's family
enclosure; fence; storage (of fruit, vegetables, etc.); partitioned area of a room for conducting tea ceremonies; mistress; castle
greens; vegetables; rape (Brassica napus); rapeseed
Welsh onion (Allium fistulosum); green onion; spring onion
Welsh onion (Allium fistulosum); green onion; spring onion
field (for fruits, vegetables, etc.); cultivated land; field (of specialization); sphere; womb; birth
main building (of a manor); central room (of a house)
to sit; to squat; to be implicated
naturalization; naturalisation
cram school; private tutoring school; juku
verdant; fresh and green; bright green; lush
bamboo thicket; bamboo grove
small stream; brooklet; murmuring (as of a stream)
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
wooden floor; room with a wooden floor; changing room (at a public bath)
corner; nook; shade; shadow; dark circles (under the eyes); dark rings
bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)