loess; yellow ochre; yellow ocher; (arch.) Hades; (arch.) hell
udo (plant related to ginseng, used in medicine and cooking) (Aralia cordata)
to paint; to plaster; to lacquer; to varnish; to spread; to smear
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
that gentleman; that lady; he; she
order (for an item); request; demand; condition
highway route (Edo period); main route
above all; especially; particularly; all the more
great god; gracious deity; miracle-working god
surname; family name; last name
rain shower in late autumn (fall) or early winter; seasonable rain
detached house; single house; single building; isolated house; house in isolated location
owner of a hermitage; abbess; prioress; nun in charge of a Buddhist convent
absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.); neglecting
to live; to reside; to inhabit
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
warmly; cordially; with tender care
seasoning; flavour; condition; state; (state of) health; physical condition
to hang (something) on the wall
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
bashfully; hesitantly; fidgety; restlessly; squirming; wriggling
innocence; insentient (i.e. plants, inanimate objects, etc.); free from obstructive thoughts; to pester someone (for cash, etc.)
hey!; wait a minute!; whoa!; boohoo; waaaa
cruelty; hard-heartedness
to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown; to scowl
mostly; almost; nearly; roughly; approximately; about
to sit; to squat; to be implicated
(flight of) stone steps; stone stairway
Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica)
moat; fosse; trench; underground air-raid shelter; dugout
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
night air; stillness of night; cool evening
cold; chilly; cold (attitude, stare, etc.); frigid; composed; cool
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
light that stays on all night; lamp that is kept burning all night; nightlight
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
bamboo thicket; bamboo grove
prickling; stinging; biting; tale-telling; tattling