daytime; during the day; Japan and China; Japanese-Chinese; Sino-Japanese
part of the garden close to the house; nearby garden
to creep in; to steal in; to sneak in
to catch; to capture; to grab; to clutch; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street)
if I (we, etc.) could; if one were to ... then ... (an unpleasant thing would happen)
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
source (of a river); fountainhead; source; origin; root
road; path; way; set of practices; moral education; Buddhist teachings; Taoism
mourning; abstinence; taboo; religious purification; pure; holy
kindness; favor; favour; goodwill; affection; liking (for someone)
detached building; solitary house; room detached from main house
to make sure; to check; to ascertain; to confirm; to verify
the whole world; the whole country; society; the public; supremacy over a nation; government of a country; having one's own way
great scholar; savant; polymath
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
all; altogether; entirely; exactly alike (e.g. in appearance); spitting image of; identical
to take (by force); to take away; to snatch; to absorb (one's attention); to fascinate; to captivate
tatami room; tatami mat room; formal Japanese room; dinner party in a tatami room (esp. when a geisha or maiko attends)
spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
present (brought by a visitor); gift
period; Nihon Shoki (second oldest work of Japanese history, compiled in 720 CE); Nihongi; Kii (former province located in present-day Wakayama and southern Mie prefectures)
certain; sure; no doubt; reliable; dependable
travels; pilgrimage; itinerancy; (accumulated) experiences; (personal) history
eight trigrams (divination signs); bagua; divination; fortune-telling
looking; viewing; (please) try (to)
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
producing area; place of origin; home (of a plant or animal); habitat; birthplace (of a person)
to differ; to be different; to run counter to; to change (into something out of the ordinary)
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
hand; arm; handwriting; penmanship; paw!; shake!
daughter of a person of high rank (esp. eldest daughter)
to tell someone's fortune; to divine (the future); to predict; to forecast
leak; leakage; omission; oversight; I; me
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
more than one can possibly use; countless (e.g. examples); (money) to burn; rolling in (cash)
to remain; to be left over; to be in excess; to be too many
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
end; tip; end (of the year, month, etc.); close; youngest child; descendants; offspring
taste; elegance; appearance; air; the likes of ...; lowly people such as ...
to be found; to be discovered
lines of the palm (in palm reading); appearance of the palm of the hand
certainly; surely; undoubtedly; just; precisely; exactly
shivering (with cold); trembling (with fear); shuddering