service; ministry; attendance; offering goods at a reduced price; providing a service for free
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
main temple building; nave
square jō (approx. 10 sq feet); abbot's chamber; chief priest
interview; audience; meeting; (viewing) party
whole; all; general; gross; entire; overall
hinoki cypress (Chamaecyparis obtusa); Japanese cypress
making; forming; cultivating; form; appearance
drawing room; study; publishing house; writing alcove
tatami room; tatami mat room; formal Japanese room; dinner party in a tatami room (esp. when a geisha or maiko attends)
to treat; to handle; to deal with; to arrange; to decorate; to dress
fresh verdure; new green leaves
cicada; locust; small-sized pulley
in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of
desire; wish; request; entreaty; prayer; (written) application
to grant (a request); to accept; to hear (a prayer); to comply with (a demand)
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward
no!; no no!; no, not at all
long-tailed tit (Aegithalos caudatus); long-tailed bushtit
impressed (glued) gold or silver foil on traditional Japanese fabric; type of noh costume
snow white; refined sugar
imperial coronation crown; celestial crown; crown worn by Buddha and celestial beings
intimacy; friendship; familiarity
gambling; gaming; speculation; undertaking a risky venture; (arch.) professional gambler; (arch.) gamester
sight; attraction; spectacle; something worth seeing
stupor; stupefaction; trance; (being) dumbfounded
flabby; limp; soft and pliable
slovenly (appearance, work, etc.); sloppy; untidy; weak; feeble; weak-willed
phantom; vision; illusion; extremely rare item
ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly
tensely; tightly; erectly; intuitively; instinctively; with a burst
verdant; fresh and green; bright green; lush
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
well-matched (esp. of a couple); becoming; suitable
boiled and half-dried bonito
speech; tongue; dialect; brogue; bento; Japanese box lunch; petal