origin; beginning; source; rise
ceremony; etiquette; courtesy; (Catholic) liturgy
feeling of solidity; three-dimensionality; drawing highlights
thickly painted; thickly lacquered; impasto
real thing; original; actual
thickly; densely; luxuriantly
foot (of a mountain or hill); bottom; base
(Japanese) larch (Larix leptolepis, Larix kaempferi)
Mongolian oak (Quercus mongolica)
path through forest; woodland path; logging road
tower; steeple; spire; stupa; pagoda; dagoba
Victoria (Seychelles); Victoria (Australia)
member (of a group led by a kumigashira); member (of a fire brigade); muntin; mullion; member
blending of Japanese and Western styles
cautious; careful; shrewd; tactful; prudent; faultless
room allocation; assignment of rooms
hereditary disposition; temperament; nature; (arch.) body build
public institution; public organization; official body
prone (to); liable (to); apt (to); tending (to)
Taishō period (1912-1926); Taisho period
cultural assets; cultural property
structural alteration (of a building); reconstruction; rebuilding; remodelling; remodeling
escaping the summer heat; going somewhere cooler during the summer; summering
museum; reference library; archive; record office
perhaps; possibly; by some chance; by some possibility
to not understand what somebody is getting at; to not understand what is being talked about
milling; grinding into flour
to handle; to manage; to deal with; to rear; to look after
businessman; industrialist
cultivating new land; clearing; reclamation
exaggeration; overstatement; saying too much; misstatement; slip of the tongue; gaffe
checked pattern; chequered pattern; checks; checkers; chequers
atelier; studio; workshop