chair; chairman; chairperson; speaker (of an assembly); president (of a council, senate, etc.)
smoke screen; dazzler; camouflage; deceptive means; magic; witchcraft
disembarkation; getting off a ship; going ashore
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.)
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
inner parlor; inner parlour; salon; living room
Indian sandalwood (Santalum album); white sandalwood
midwinter; cold season; coldest days of the year
tree peony (Paeonia suffruticosa); moutan; wild boar (meat)
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)
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 slip down; to slide down; to glide down
private; exclusive; secret
suspicious glance; suspicious look; suspicious expression
to sit cross-legged; to rest on one's laurels
cake or snack served with tea
dried candies; dried confectionary; cookies
sound of thin metal or plastic surface caving in and springing back; action of quickly bowing or lowering one's head; (with a) bob of the head
slight bow (as a greeting or sign of gratitude); nod; salutation; consideration; thoughtfulness
office (e.g. the Oval Office)
friendly; openhearted; sociable; amiable; good-humored; good-humoured
thumping (heart); banging; pounding; racing
to kneel down on one knee; to genuflect
tatami room; tatami mat room; formal Japanese room; dinner party in a tatami room (esp. when a geisha or maiko attends)
drawing room; study; publishing house; writing alcove
appetizer; starter; hors d'oeuvre
receiving; reception; eating; drinking; please; please do for me
sun (approx. 3.03 cm); length; measurement; shortness; tininess
leaving (e.g. work at end of day); withdrawal (e.g. from a noble's or superior's presence); exit (e.g. from a market)
fierce animal; beast of prey; big game