line (of text); row; carya (austerities); samskara (formations); semi-cursive style (of writing Chinese characters); running style
to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to absorb; to soak up
tea; tea plant (Camellia sinensis); tea preparation; making tea; brown; (arch.) mockery
hostel; dormitory; (arch.) bureau (government department beneath a ministry under the ritsuryo system); (arch.) tea-ceremony room; (arch.) villa
paper mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera)
about here; in this neighborhood
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward; gift
to become spring-like; to show signs of spring
night cold; chill of night; cold night
ruin; destruction; devastation; waste; decay
live tree; green wood; unseasoned wood
to split; to tear; to burst; to be separated; to be divided
interpenetration of spirit between the poet and nature in a haiku
early ripening rice; early-ripening fruit (grain, etc.); person who becomes physically or mentally mature at an early age
to feel anxious; to feel nervous; fluttering down; trickling down (e.g. tears); hanging untidily (of hair); straggling
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
harvest; crop; ingathering; fruits (of one's labors); gain; result
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
residence; estate; grounds; premises; mansion
villa; daimyo's suburban residence
to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)
dressing in kimono without hakama (for a man); dressing casually
haori (Japanese formal coat)
shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable
to make narrower; to shut (an umbrella); to shrug (one's shoulders); to purse (one's lips)
moso bamboo (Phyllostachys pubescens)
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
cancelling (a debt); forgiving (a debt); being even; forgetting (what was said or done); pretending (something never happened)
foot of a mountain; base of a mountain
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time
this world; this life; the free world (outside of prison, the army, red light district, etc.); this corrupt world; present world
night view; night skyline; nightscape
comfortably; peacefully; with one's mind at ease; (growing) quickly
leather-soled sandals (geta)
to rub; to chafe; to strike (match); to lose (e.g. a match); to forfeit; to squander one's money (e.g. through gambling, Pachinko, etc.)
row of houses; every house; each house; all; totally