spreading; laying out; security deposit; Japanese mattress
to stare in wonder; to be amazed
path; lane; small diameter; small radius
garden tiger moth (Arctia caja)
falling lightly (e.g. snow, petals, confetti); fluttering; flickering; twinkling; appearing and disappearing; catching glimpses
to have a meal; to take a meal
to pay attention to another's needs; to attend to; to fuss about; to take into consideration
after a while; a little while later; shortly afterward
intimacy; affection; familiarity
though; notwithstanding; although
from the beginning; without hesitation; flatly (e.g. refusing); entirely; completely
story; tale; talk; discussion
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)
regret; repentance; remorse
earnest desire; eager hope; longing; yearning; hankering
September; ninth month of the lunar calendar
in the meanwhile; during the time
three days and three nights
party; banquet; reception; feast; dinner
to have a (rough) idea (of what the situation is)
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
to advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate
something; some kind of; for some reason
exaggerated; bombastic; highly colored; highly coloured
palace; tonic (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); ancient Chinese punishment (castration for men, or confinement for women); zodiacal sign
line; queue; procession; matrix
inner sanctuary; inner shrine; sanctum sanctorum; holy of holies; place behind main hall of a temple enshrining temple founder, miraculous Buddhas, hidden statues, etc.
training; practice; discipline; ascetic practices
exchange (e.g. cultural); interchange; interaction; alternating current; AC
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
purification ceremony (performed with water); ritual purification; ablutions
to show up; to appear; to turn up
of course; certainly; naturally
attribute; property; context; character class, type, fetish, etc.
not limited to; not just ...
presence of other people; (in) public; (in) front of others
supporter (e.g. of the arts); adherent; proponent
audience (with a superior, e.g. nobility)
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
meanwhile; in the meantime; by the same token; in contrast
conspiracy; collusion; complicity
to collect; to assemble; to gather