workshop; studio; atelier
cherry tree; cherry blossom; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder; horse meat
to dance down (leaves, petals, etc.); to fall as if dancing
when it comes to ...; concerning; where ... are concerned
historical play; period drama
to arrest; to capture; to seize
structure; construction; posture (e.g. in martial arts); pose; readiness; determination
flowers budding; blooming; flowering; showing results; becoming popular; blooming
advance guard; vanguard; avant-garde (e.g. music)
regular position; position with a prospect of promotion
light blue; pale blue; aqua
to thrust before; to thrust at
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
brilliant; glorious; glittering; bright; splendid (e.g. achievement, success); promising (e.g. future)
now rejoicing, now worrying; swinging from joy to sorrow; glad and sad by turns; alternating hope and fear; unable to put one's mind at ease
clerk at the information desk
tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)
sukiya style of building; style of a tea-ceremony arbor (arbour)
tatami chair; legless chair; small, legless chair used while sitting on tatami
to arrange (flowers); to plant; living; live
paper lantern; Chinese lantern; Japanese lantern
open air bath; rotenburo; rotemburo
search (esp. for someone or something missing); manhunt; legally authorized search of a person, building, etc.
shoji (paper sliding door)
hinoki cypress (Chamaecyparis obtusa); Japanese cypress
source (of a spring, etc.); source (of payment, energy, knowledge, etc.); origin; wellspring
free-flowing (hot spring, irrigation, etc.)
tempura; deep-fried fish and vegetables in a light batter
ryotei; traditional Japanese restaurant (esp. a luxurious one)
smooth; shiny; slippery; greasy; slurping (noodles)
under one's eyes; below one's eyes
curiosity; inquisitiveness