smoke screen; dazzler; camouflage; deceptive means; magic; witchcraft
disembarkation; getting off a ship; going ashore
to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service
place where one works; construction site; working area
crossing; traversing; traversing horizontally; passing west to east (or east to west); cutting horizontally
alley; alleyway; teahouse garden; path through a gate (or through a garden, etc.)
to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded
townhouse (i.e. house in the middle of a town); traditional townhouse; tradesman's house (esp. a home with a shop in front); merchant's house; merchant's family
long, narrow house (e.g. traditional Kyoto townhouse); (lit.) eel bed
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
inner parlor; inner parlour; salon; living room
Indian sandalwood (Santalum album); white sandalwood
smell (esp. a good smell); fragrance; scent; aroma; perfume
tokonoma (alcove where art or flowers are displayed)
midwinter; cold season; coldest days of the year
tree peony (Paeonia suffruticosa); moutan; wild boar (meat)
to decorate; to ornament; to display; to exhibit; to mark (e.g. the day with a victory); to adorn (e.g. the front page)
shoji (paper sliding door)
coming down from one's seat and prostrating oneself (to pay obeisance); musicians' box on the left side of the stage; lower seat
Chinese bellflower (Platycodon grandiflorus)
zabuton (flat floor cushion used when sitting or kneeling; usu. rectangular)
to obey respectfully; to humble oneself; to sit straight (upright, respectfully, attentively)
seiza; kneeling with the tops of the feet flat on the floor, and sitting on the soles
fusuma; Japanese sliding screen
cross-examination; close questioning; demanding an explanation
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
one by one; in detail; minutely
flinchingly; falteringly; being overwhelmed; staggeringly; totteringly; unsteadily
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
to criticize harshly; to blame; to accuse; to urge; to press
to be fed up (with); to be tired (of); to be stumped; to be nonplussed; to wince; to shrink back
to slip down; to slide down; to glide down
post; official position; managerial position; executive position
private; exclusive; secret
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
suspicious glance; suspicious look; suspicious expression