interior design; interior; upholstery
dreary; bleak; monotonous; tasteless; unrefined
one face; one surface; the whole surface; one aspect; one side; (on) the other hand; one broad, flat object
tatami mat; Japanese straw floor coverings
shoji (paper sliding door)
lintel (esp. one with grooves for sliding doors)
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
Japanese style; light wind; moderate breeze
construction; architecture (of buildings)
bright red; deep red; flushed (of face); downright (e.g. lie); complete; utter
stupa; dagoba; wooden grave tablet
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
Buddhist ritual implements (esp. altar fittings)
to pile up; to make a heap; to lay (e.g. bricks); to acquire (e.g. experience); to build (a reputation)
metre; meter; meter; gauge
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
objet d'art; item of artwork; object; curio
top; summit; twelve o'clock (usu. midnight); top of one's head; top of a helmet
to look old; to become musty; to wear out
fish gong; fish wood block; temple block; round, hollow, wood block (vaguely fish-shaped, usu. with scales), struck while chanting sutras
to shout (in anger); to yell
tone (of voice); manner of talking
preceptor or high priest (esp. in Zen or Pure Land Buddhism); preceptor or high priest (in Tendai or Kegon Buddhism); preceptor or high priest (in Shingon, Hosso, Ritsu or Shin Buddhism); second highest priestly rank in Buddhism; monk (esp. the head monk of a temple); master (of one's art, trade, etc.)
vague; faint; dim; indistinct; hazy; blurry
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
story of one's experience; recounting of one's experiences; narrative; testimonial
chief priest (of a Buddhist temple)
at the very beginning of one's speech; the first thing (one) says after opening the mouth
narrator; storyteller; reciter
grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man
Shinto priest; chief Shinto priest (of a shrine); Welsh onion; pun in Buddhist monk jargon
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
senior; elder; person older than oneself
to rebuke; to scold harshly
recovery; undoing; recall
Buddhist priest; monk; boy
junk; rubbish; trash; garbage; odds and ends
regarding; in; to; towards; with regards to
to go mad; to lose one's mind; to get out of order; to go amiss; to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.); to fall through
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
misrecognition; mistaking (x for y)