temple; shrine; hall; company; (arch.) front room
to deliver; to forward; to send; to report; to notify; to file notice (to the authorities)
nth son; lang; official title in ancient China; (arch.) man; (arch.) young man; (arch.) my husband
living room (Western style); sitting room
to sit at a desk (to study); to set to work on revision, homework, etc.
five (long cylindrical things)
frame; framework; border; box; limit; restriction; category
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
spots; speckles; mottles; speckled; spotted
axis; shaft; center; centre; stalk; stem
work; workmanship; craftsmanship; artifice; trick; device
inverted; upside down; reversed; back to front
thin Japanese paper (esp. vellum paper); Japanese tissue
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
dawn; daybreak; end; soon after something has ended; beginning (of a new year, month, etc.)
to negotiate (with someone about); to talk over (something with); to tackle someone (about); to throw on each other; to splash (water) on each other; to pour on each other
it's best to; it's safest to; there's nothing better than
to finish reading; to read through
fine-meshed bamboo basket
box for letters and papers; box used to carry or deliver letters
scissors; shears; clippers; hole punch
scissors; shears; clippers; hole punch
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
wastebasket; wastepaper basket
walking briskly; determinedly
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
even though; despite; when
unlined kimono; one kimono; a single kimono
one layer; single layer; monopetalous; unlined kimono; single-edged eyelid; eyelid with an epicanthic fold
to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip); (arch.) to affix (a bowstring to a bow)
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
burly; strong; indomitable; indefatigable; robust (vitality, appetite, economic growth, etc.); strong
exposed; scanty; bare; public; open
oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
to look out on; to overlook; to face (a situation, crisis, etc.); to meet (e.g. death); to deal with (an issue); to attend (e.g. a function)