good humour (humor); good mood
(logical) true; regular; 10^40; ten thousand undecillion; original; positive
pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; leniency; mercy; going easy (on someone)
to blaze down on; to beat down on; to shine down upon
bursting out (laughter); breaking out (applause); in a rush; in a surge; suddenly; all of a sudden
back (esp. of a building, etc.); rear; behind
innocent; chaste; naive; pure; unmixed; genuine
Japanese style; light wind; moderate breeze
tea-ceremony arbor; tea-ceremony arbour
gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; division; phylum; counter for cannons
to go under; to pass under; to dive (into or under the water); to evade; to get around; to survive
entrance door; front door; gateway (to a region, etc.)
after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years
to lay hands on; to touch; to care for; to look after; to make off with; to steal
with a clatter; with a rattle; empty; bare; raspy (voice); gravelly; with a gargle
hard-packed dirt (clay, gravel, etc.) floor; concrete floor
to set foot into; to enter; to step inside; to cross the threshold
with a shiver (down one's spine); with a sudden chill
entrance; front door; entryway; entranceway; entry hall; vestibule
corridor; hallway; passageway
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects
characteristic (of); peculiar (to)
indoor (court, pool, etc.)
creaking; groaning (e.g. under physical stress)
to jar; to creak; to grate
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
Buddhist family chapel; altar room
living room (Western style); sitting room
end (of a street, hallway, etc.)
to throw open; to leave open
engawa; external corridor on the outer side of traditional Japanese houses; bone at the base of a fin; meat at the base of a fin (esp. of a flatfish)
courtyard; quadrangle; middle court
to become rounded; to roll into a ball
to lie down; to stretch out; to lie ahead (of danger, difficulty, etc.); to lie in wait
yukata (light cotton kimono worn in the summer or used as a bathrobe)
for generations; hereditary; generation after generation
to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on
pink (colour, color); (lit.) colour of peach (flowers)