cross-examination; retort; asking in return
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services
bags and purses (handbags)
to have a talk; to tell a story
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
one house; the same house
elderly woman; senior lady-in-waiting
sometimes; occasionally; at times; seasonal; of the season; appropriate (for the season or occasion)
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
mimicking someone's speech; imitating someone's way of speaking; mimicry
gap; space; break; interlude; chink (in one's armor, armour); chance
one's wife; one's wife and daughter or daughters
definitely; absolutely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
near; close; beside; third person
satisfaction; contentment; sufficient; satisfactory; satisfying (an equation)
chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum morifolium)
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary
furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality
imitation; fake; phony; pseudo-
visit to a temple or shrine; worship; pilgrimage
plan; meter; measuring device; (in) total; total (of)
wayside teahouse; tea house used as a resting place
room detached from main house
many; much; plenty; hardly
thick growth of plants; plantation; shrubbery; thicket
to grow thickly; to be in full leaf; to be rampant; to luxuriate; to be luxurious
meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence
depraved monk; sinful priest
family which supports a temple; parishioner
platform; podium; (ceremonial) mound; world (of haiku, art, etc.); (literary) circles; (arch.) mandala
woman; female; feminine gender
ulterior motive; plot; scheme; complicated circumstances; intricacies
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
quiet; calm; easily; comfortably; distant; far-off