refined taste; elegant pursuits
gap; space; break; interlude; chink (in one's armor, armour); chance
tool; implement; means; furniture
vice; bad manners; evil customs; storm; raging winds
spreading around (news, etc.); talking about widely; noising about; circulating
bamboo tea spoon for making Japanese tea
small silk wrapper; small cloth for wiping tea utensils; crepe wrapper
meddling; fumbling; fondling; playing around with something
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
swiftly; rapidly; suddenly; abruptly; sharply (of a slope, bend, etc.); steeply
to go away; to become more distant; to fade away; to be estranged
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
burning low; waning; declining
quiet (place); still; silent; inconspicuously; modestly; quietly
tearoom; tea house; tea-ceremony room; tea arbour; tea arbor
pupil; disciple; adherent; follower; apprentice; young person
bare earth (i.e. ground not covered by a roof); open field; teahouse garden; path through a gate (or through a garden, etc.)
to put one's heart into; to devote oneself to
decoration; ornament; trimmings
preview (of an exhibition); private viewing
source; origin; cause; beginning; genesis
tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)
treasuring; cherishing; prizing; holding dear
ocean; large sea; fabric pattern
just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of
to greedily try to win big (e.g. in mahjong); to swipe; to nick; to pilfer
inspection (esp. of a document); stamp of approval (for a document)
lightly and nimbly; with agility
artificial hill (in a garden)
suddenly; all at once; rapidly
to decline (in prosperity); to become deserted; to become desolate; to taper off (of a sound)
to take out; to carry out; to bring out from where it belongs; to mention something; to broach a topic; to bring up (a subject)
injury; harm; evil influence; damage
spare time; free time; leisure