grass used for thatching; sedge used for thatching
to roof (a house with some material); to thatch; to shingle; to tile
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
tearoom; tea house; tea-ceremony room; tea arbour; tea arbor
to behave; to conduct oneself; to entertain; to treat someone (to a drink); to make tea for someone (tea ceremony)
cultivation; refinement; culture; education
to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on
to be embarrassed; to lose face
to urge; to encourage; to press; to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken
to turn back; to go back; to come back; to return; to retrace one's steps
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
shoji (paper sliding door)
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
bowing while pressing three fingers of each hand on floor
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
to wear one's hair up; to arrange one's hair
welcome!; nice to see you!
to rest; to suspend; to give relief
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
polite; courteous; careful; close; overly courteous; overly careful
feeling obliged; being grateful; being thankful; (arch.) shrinking back in fear
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)
to become numb; to go to sleep (e.g. a limb); to get an electric shock; to tingle (from an electric shock); to be excited; to be titillated
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
front; frontage; facade; main
staringly; fixedly; unblinkingly
red; crimson; Red; communist; (arch.) beautiful
kimono; Japanese traditional clothing (esp. full-length); clothing; clothes
spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)
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 make a lovely picture; to be perfect for a picture; picture-perfect; picturesque
surprisingly; stunningly; astonishingly; wonderfully
(one's) gaze; direction in which one is looking; point of view; standpoint; line covering someone's eyes (in an edited photograph)
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am; older girl