silence (not speaking); muteness
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
chamber; room; home of a monk; monk; Chinese "room" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
structure; construction; makeup; framework; organization; pattern
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to prostrate oneself before
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement
clearly; distinctly; vividly
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
warm; mild; (pleasantly) hot; considerate; kind; genial
warm welcome; friendly reception; hospitality; entertainment
(not) even once; (not) ever
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
older sister; elder sister
to betray; to turn traitor to; to double-cross
preliminary announcement; previous announcement; portent; sign; forewarning
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of
to imitate; to copy; to mock; to trace; to forge
making; producing; appearance (attire, make-up, etc.); build; physique; sashimi
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
artificial; man-made; human work; human skill; artificiality
to be transparent; to show through
blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature
ceramics painting; porcelain painting; painting on china
porcelain (esp. soft-paste porcelain); china; chinaware; earthenware; pottery; ceramics
chair; stool; post; office; position
close to the wall; alongside the wall
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
to exchange; to swap; to barter; to replace; to substitute
carpet; rug; mat, mattress, quilt etc. spread out on the floor (or ground) and used to sit or sleep on; spread; (cloth) cover