import; importation; introduction; afferent
old clothes; secondhand clothing
trade; buying and selling; trafficking (e.g. of humans, arms, drugs); dealing
frequent; densely packed; thick
tatami mat; Japanese straw floor coverings
to change into; to be transformed; to be transfigured; to transform; to alter; to convert
pose (in kabuki); posture
bonze; monk; monk's dwelling; boy; son; I; me
this way; here; the person in question; he; since (a time in the past); prior to (a time in the future)
to adhere to; to stick to; to keep close to; to go along with; to get involved with; to be thick with
bedroom; bedchamber; (arch.) roost; (arch.) nest
curtained sleeping platform in shinden-style residences (used by people of high rank)
shame; embarrassment; disgrace
hiding; concealing; being hidden; pocket
threshold (esp. one with grooves for sliding doors); sill
slope; inclination; tendency; trend; slope (of a linear function)
to despise; to belittle; to look down on
cultivating new land; clearing; reclamation
to blow (of the wind); to blow (one's breath); to breathe out; to play (a wind instrument); to blow (a whistle, trumpet, etc.); to emit (smoke, fire, etc.); to spout
gradually; by degrees; little by little; step by step
Buddhist temple within a Shinto shrine
one thin flat object; one sheet
... being the case; (precisely) because ...; as might be expected from ...
incense burner; utensil for carrying live charcoal
to offer; to present; to serve (food and drink); to offer (to the gods); to set up (before an altar)
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
utensil; implement; tool; instrument; appliance; apparatus
poker; fire iron used to rake ash
root; source; origin; cause
tool; implement; means; furniture
one more; another; the other; not quite; not very good; lacking
corresponding to; being applicable to; being relevant to; coming under; falling under; fulfilling (requirements)