living room (Western style); sitting room
to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass
tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony
to feel hot; to flush; to burn
condensation; formation of dew
kimono; Japanese traditional clothing (esp. full-length); clothing; clothes
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
hand-me-down; food offering to the gods; leftovers; trip from Kyoto to the provinces
as a child; when one was a child
tedious; boring; being fed up with
to bother; to meddle; to poke one's nose (into another's business); to be too helpful
gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy
to worry; to fret; to get anxious
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
to harm; to cause harm to
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
does not seem; unlikely; improbable
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
at once; immediately; without delay; promptly
business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
and; thereupon; because of that
first of all; at once; right away; for now; for the time being
to appear on the market; to be in season (e.g. fruit); to circulate widely; to make the rounds; to go around
to collect (debts); to dun; to appoint; to promote; to emphasize; to focus on
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
and; or; and the like; and so forth; and what not
cherry tree; cherry blossom; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder; horse meat
to handle; to operate (a machine, etc.); to deal with (an issue); to manage; to treat (someone); to deal with (someone)
one face; one surface; the whole surface; one aspect; one side; (on) the other hand; one broad, flat object
article; news story; report; account
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
heading; headline; index; headword
even if; even though; however; no matter how
engawa; external corridor on the outer side of traditional Japanese houses; bone at the base of a fin; meat at the base of a fin (esp. of a flatfish)
to interrupt; to obstruct (a view, someone's way, etc.); to block (light, wind, etc.); to intercept; to cut off
direct sunlight; direct rays of the sun
light; faint; pale; fleeting