magnificent; grand; splendid; imposing
main hall; great hall; large hall; reception hall
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
to cover a surface; to spread all over; to blanket; to lay
pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
ceiling; ceiling (e.g. of share price); ceiling price
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
metre (unit of length); meter; meter; gauge
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
luxurious; magnificent; extravagant; sumptuous
to suspend (from); to hang (down); to dangle
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); wall (of stones)
successive generations; successive emperors
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
which; where; all; both; anyway; anyhow
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
when it becomes; when it comes to
seeming (to be); appearing; apparently
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
carving; engraving; sculpture
nonchalant; unconcerned; in a casual manner
typical; representative; archetypal; quintessential; stereotypical; model
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
to rush into; to surge into; to crowd into
matter of time; question of time
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
to catch sight of; to see; to suppose; to assume from appearances
figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person
above; over; top; summit; surface; on (top of); the above (in a piece of writing)
to come; to go; to participate; to perform Zen meditation
two persons; two people; pair; couple
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time