heroine; female protagonist; heroine; heroic woman; brave woman
change of schedule; schedule change
meddling; interfering; choosing to keep the drawn tile and discarding a different one
fart; gas; wind; worthless thing; insignificant thing
to burn into one's memory; to sear an image
siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement
ring; circle; hoop; wheel; circle (e.g. of friends); planetary ring
to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
fallen leaves; leaf litter; falling leaves
to roll up; to hoist; to take away; to rip off (e.g. money from someone); to blow up (dust)
whole area; whole region; stretch (of land); tract; belt
simultaneously; all at once; in unison
to let pass; to allow through; to transmit (e.g. light, sound, etc.); to conduct (electricity); to stick through (e.g. a hole); to force through (e.g. an opening); to connect (e.g. two places)
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
sukiya style of building; style of a tea-ceremony arbor (arbour)
detached building; solitary house; room detached from main house
tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)
tearoom; tea house; tea-ceremony room; tea arbour; tea arbor
meaning; tenor; effect; influence; appearance; aspect
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
tokonoma; alcove where art or flowers are displayed
isolated; standing alone; falling in drops (e.g. rain); saying a single word; muttering just a few words
to arrange (flowers); to plant; living; live
bigleaf hydrangea (Hydrangea macrophylla); French hydrangea
moderate; proper; just right
taste for the simple and quiet; rustic simplicity; austere refinement; enjoyment of a quiet life
to open wide (doors or windows); to throw open; to fling open; to leave open; to keep open
engawa; external corridor on the outer side of traditional Japanese houses; bone at the base of a fin (esp. of a flatfish); meat at the base of a fin
care; looking after; repair; (police) raid; crackdown
inner garden (esp. small, traditional); courtyard
one sweep (of the eye); sweeping view; unbroken view
bush clover; Japanese clover (any flowering plant of genus Lespedeza); dark red exterior with blue interior (color combination worn in autumn); Hagi (city in Yamaguchi)
broken; interrupted; disconnected; intermittent; fragmentary; discontinuous
to tickle; to tickle (one's curiosity, vanity, etc.); to arouse; to make (someone) laugh; to amuse
seiza; kneeling with the tops of the feet flat on the floor, and sitting on the soles
garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area
tree sparrow (Passer montanus); talkative person; knowledgeable person
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
to put on clothes; to wear clothes; to be the personification of
two times; twice; two degrees