contrivance; to invent; to devise; to think out
disorder; confusion; clutter; mess; muddle; disarray
confusion; dismay; consternation; panic
form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence
positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive
wobbling; tottering; wavering (e.g. over a decision); dithering; boiling up; dizzily
the world; the earth; this world (as opposed to heaven)
evening; last night; yesterday evening
hope; promise; expectation; anticipation; side of a structural member
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
new era; new period; new age; new epoch
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
Japanese traditional architectural style where the main entrance is on one or both of the gabled sides
ridge (of roof); back of a sword; counter for buildings, apartments, etc.
log on the roof of a shrine set perpendicular to the ridgepole
one end; an end; part; fragment
townhouse (i.e. house in the middle of a town); traditional townhouse; tradesman's house (esp. a home with a shop in front); merchant's house; merchant's family
dry riverbed; river beach
to draw (water); to ladle; to pour (into a cup); to drink (together); to consider (feelings, the situation, etc.); to sympathize with
interpenetration of spirit between the poet and nature in a haiku
evening primrose (esp. the fourwing evening primrose, Oenothera tetraptera)
side; beside; feature of a sword blade
disparity of wealth; wealth inequality; social inequality
entrance; front door; entryway; entranceway; entry hall; vestibule
kitchen door; back door; service door; host's entrance to a tea-ceremony room
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
toilet; lavatory; water closet; restroom; bathroom
separate building; outbuilding; outhouse
frontage; width (of a building, plot of land, etc.); breadth (e.g. of one's knowledge); scope (e.g. of one's work); range
allotment (of land); parcelling out
residence; housing; residential building
provincial capital (under the ritsuryo system); provincial office; public place of imperial rule
rate; ratio; profit; assignment; 10%; unit of ten percent; match
column; file; (vertical) line
transformation; variation; metamorphosis; modification; deformation; variety
fixed; settled; constant; definite; uniform; regularized
alley; alleyway; teahouse garden; path through a gate (or through a garden, etc.)
all; entire; whole; altogether
place to put something; storage space; storehouse; depository; repository; shed