how; in what way; in what manner
taste; elegance; appearance; air; the likes of ...; lowly people such as ...
my; one's own; I ...; one ...
one's circumstances; environment; situation (in life)
hereditary disposition; temperament; nature; (arch.) body build
to grant; to give; to confer; to teach; to instruct; to impart (knowledge)
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
brethren; brothers; fellow countrymen; fellowman; compatriot
watchdog; chaperone; watcher
unreached; unattained; unachieved; unprecedented
recent state; present state; present condition; current status; current circumstances
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
from one's seat; without stirring
great antiquity; old-fashioned; long ago
craftsman; artisan; tradesman; worker; workman
article; goods; fine thing; fellow; (arch.) prostitute; (arch.) price
formality; social rules; social status; social standing; (arch.) amendments and enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryo)
tatami room; tatami mat room; formal Japanese room; dinner party in a tatami room (esp. when a geisha or maiko attends)
soft rush (Juncus effusus var. decipiens); common rush
to be fragrant; to give out a smell; to be enveloped in a smell; to be radiant; to be attractive
fusuma; Japanese sliding screen
shoji (paper sliding door)
composition; construction; formation; makeup; structure; organization
sukiya style of building; style of a tea-ceremony arbor (arbour)
more; much more; step; rung; paragraph; passage
open verandah; open veranda
traditional (Chinese or Japanese) dry landscape garden
back; rear; background; behind the scenes
moss; short plants resembling moss (incl. other bryophytes, lichens, very small spermatophytes, etc.)
garden lantern; hanging lantern
in addition; furthermore; above (which); on top of (which)
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes
bamboo thicket; bamboo grove
Japanese-style garden; traditional Japanese landscape garden
to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize
several minutes; a few minutes