traditional style of Japanese architecture with a steep thatched roof
thatching a roof (with grass); thatched roof
to reroof; to rethatch; to retile
to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in
exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution
to go to; to proceed to; to leave for
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together; both
worker; breadwinner; supporter; able person; able man; productive worker
rule; regulation; settlement; conclusion; habit; custom
to do up (hair); to dress; to arrange; to tie; to bind; to fasten
layout (of a house or apartment); arrangement of rooms
entrance; front door; entryway; entranceway; entry hall; vestibule
dirt floor; room with dirt floor; pit (theater seating); parterre
four; four years of age; ten o'clock (old time system); Burakumin; cross grips
Japan's best; number one in Japan
house where one was born; one's parents' house
but; however; provided that
level ground; plain; flatland
meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
terrain; geographical features; topography
plan; scheme; (payment) plan; package; deal
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside
merchant; store; shop; merchant house; merchant family
to stand side by side; to stand in a row
town; block; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares
place; spot; field; discipline; occasion; situation; scene (of a play, movie, etc.)
bed; berth; crib; cot; kip; bedroom
frontage; width (of a building, plot of land, etc.); breadth (e.g. of one's knowledge); scope (e.g. of one's work); range
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
inner part; inside; interior; depths (e.g. of a forest); back (of a house, drawer, etc.); bottom (e.g. of one's heart)
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)
room; wife (of someone of high rank); scabbard; Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...
tatami room; tatami mat room; formal Japanese room; dinner party in a tatami room (esp. when a geisha or maiko attends)
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
to use properly; to use (different things) for different purposes
sunken hearth; sunken fireplace
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests