floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times
double doors (opening from the centre); double-opening from the centre (of doors, casement windows, etc.); filleting fish, chicken, etc. with a central cut and peeling back the flesh
to lie in wait (for); to be on the watch (for); to wait (for); to watch (for)
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
inside; interior; inner part
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
greenhouse; hothouse; conservatory; glasshouse
to call; to name; to call oneself ...; to go by the name of ...; to purport (to be); to profess
to interfere (with); to hinder; to be hindered (from doing); to become impeded; to have difficulty; to suffer inconvenience
atrium; well (in building); blow-by; blow-bye; drafty; draughty
ceiling; ceiling (e.g. of share price); ceiling price
forum (in an ancient Roman city); form; shape
to grow thickly; to be overgrown; to thrive; to grow in abundance
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
closely (packed, lined up, etc.); tightly; densely; (work) sufficiently
tree; shrub; wood; timber; wooden clappers (signalling the beginning or end of a performance)
bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)
drawing room; parlor; parlour; guest room
please sit down; please have a seat
(private) secretary; treasured book; secret book
to serve as; to act as; to fill (the position of); to play the role of; to be in charge of; to hold (a position)
to leave word with (a person); to state in one's will; to leave (something) unsaid; to forget to mention
inner part; interior; living quarters (at the back of a house); inner room; recesses (of one's mind); bottom (of one's heart)
Amazon River; Rio Amazonas
peculiarity; uniqueness; characteristic
drunkenness; intoxication; motion sickness; travel sickness
for now; for the time being; for the present; though not quite satisfactorily; after a fashion
yo!; hello there!; wow!; oh!; yah! (yell)
abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning
middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years
finely chiseled (features)
to find resolution; to be settled; to be collected; to be assembled; to be well arranged; to be in order
to rub into; (arch.) to teach; (arch.) to train; (arch.) to educate
refreshing (e.g. feeling, scene, wind, morning air); brisk; bracing; fresh; refreshed
blue; sad; down (in the dumps)
shirt (undergarment); undershirt; singlet; shirt (outerwear; usu. with collar and buttons)
to suit; to match; to become; to be like