door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
hands behind one's back; hands tied behind one's back; behind (e.g. someone); rear; appearance from behind
carving; engraving; sculpture
to get one's breath back; to calm down
to see well in the dark; to have good night vision
small window; fenestella; scuttle (type of hatch on a ship)
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty
to provide; to arrange; to install
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
book; volume; this; present; main; head
closely (packed, lined up, etc.); tightly; densely; (work) sufficiently
to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach
reading partway; leaving half-read
manuscript (book); written copy of a book; codex; transcription; copying
feather; plume; wing; blade (of a fan, propeller, etc.); shuttlecock (in badminton); shuttlecock (in hanetsuki); arrow feathers
uneasy; unsure; unreliable; untrustworthy; (arch.) nervous; (arch.) impatient
next; hypo- (i.e. containing an element with low valence); order; sequence
as usual; as is one's habit
nerve; nerves; sensitivity
concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works
to soak into; to permeate; to penetrate
blank space (in documents); vacuum; blank; void
making; producing; appearance (attire, make-up, etc.); build; physique; sashimi
fluff; fuzz; nap; hachures; hatching
period; time; opportunity; chance; age; term (e.g. in office); session (e.g. of parliament)
three countries; Three Kingdoms (in China, 220 CE-280 CE); Three Kingdoms (in Korea, 57 BCE-668 CE); (arch.) Japan, China and India; (arch.) Japan, Korea and China
plain; unfigured; patternless; solid (color)
strength of a brushstroke