collecting; accumulating; collection (of art, stamps, insects, etc.); garbage collection; waste collection
drawing room; parlor; parlour; guest room
to decorate; to ornament; to display; to exhibit; to mark (e.g. the day with a victory); to adorn (e.g. the front page)
Muromachi period (1333-1573)
work (e.g. of art); production; harvest; cultivation; technique
cabriole leg (of a table, chair, etc.); stealthy footsteps; walking silently
Sei Shonagon (Poet of the Heian period, included in the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu)
Japanese beautyberry (Callicarpa japonica)
calling on someone who is ill; enquiry; inquiry
to take home; to carry home; to bring back home; to take out (e.g. food)
convenient; useful; finding useful; coming in handy; (priceless) treasure
anything and everything; from top to toe; from A to Z
mosquito coil; anti-mosquito incense
to become rampant; to be rife
to be helpful; to be useful
to lie deep in; to extend far back
washing one's hands; water (or basin, etc.) for washing one's hands; restroom; lavatory; hand-washing (laundry, etc.)
to add (numbers); to add (something); to top up (with something); to take care of (e.g. one's business)
invasion; raid; attack; visitation (of a calamity)
beauty such as to put a flower to shame
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
to fill in a hole; to plug a gap (money, personnel, etc.); to make up for a deficiency; to cover a deficit
indispensable; essential; necessary
cricket (Gryllidae spp.); (arch.) any insect that chirps in autumn
rabbit; hare; coney; cony; lagomorph (esp. leporids)
suggestion; proposition; proposal; submission (of a bill); motion; proposal
diversion; appropriation (e.g. of funds); misappropriation; re-use (e.g. old computer parts); recycling
to blur; to shade off; to gradate; to obscure; to make ambiguous
basket (shopping, etc.); hamper; cage
new leaves; young leaves; fresh verdure
semicircular; crescent-shaped; half-moon
formal; strict; ceremonious; stiff
to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)
umeboshi; pickled dried ume; pickled dried plum