Hall's crab apple; flowering crab apple; Malus halliana
hanging silk; curtain; tapestry; veil
vessel for replenishing inkstone water; container of fresh water for replenishing the kettle and rinsing bowls (tea ceremony)
tasteless; dry as dust; insipid; flat; dull
falling on one's backside (behind, bottom); pratfall; mochi used to celebrate a child's first birthday; mochi tied to a baby's back if he starts walking before his first birthday in order to cause him to fall on his backside
to pluck; to pick; to nip off
run-down shabby house; (arch.) rag and scrap merchant
suffering from the heat; heatstroke; heat prostration
Queen Mother of the West (an ancient Chinese goddess)
light crimson; scarlet tinged with purple
(treating) equally; without discrimination; impartially; alike; in the same way
dwelling place of hermits; pure land away from the world
peach grove; peach garden; peach orchard
to have a name entered in the family register
cutting; planting (a cutting)
ordinary person; untitled individual
dazzlingly beautiful; brilliant
to introduce; to compare; to check; to adjust; to pull into place
to feel relieved; to forget about one's troubles; to settle into peace of mind
echo (esp. one reverberating in the mountains); mountain god; mountain guardian deity
to perceive; to understand
lotus flower; Chinese milk vetch (Astragalus sinicus); china spoon; lotus-shaped pedestal for a gravestone
to complain; to pester; to plead; to beg
old tree of historical interest; excellent wood; precious woods; choice wood