advantage; benefit; profit; interest
manufactured goods; finished goods; product
to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to
agency; commission; reception (of guests); conveyance (of messages)
fruit; nut; seed; (in broth) pieces of meat, vegetable, etc.; content; substance
to say; to tell; to state; to do
different item; different lot
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
single-storied house; single-storied building
Japanese style; light wind; moderate breeze
(bearing a) close resemblance; vivid reminder (e.g. of the past); dim; faint; vague
shoji (paper sliding door)
fusuma; Japanese sliding screen
to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of
to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)
ventilation; communication (within an organisation); openness
dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
to bend one's head slightly to one side; to look slightly doubtful
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
bungalow; one-story house
minority group (party); minority
urban area; urban district
still more; even more; all the more; still less; even less
one plot (of land); one block (i.e. one city block); one area; one brush stroke; one kanji stroke
thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances
to demarcate; to delimit; to divide (an area); to punctuate; to put an end to (e.g. a sentence); to insert pauses or breaks (e.g. when reading aloud)
to go round and cut in; to take a roundabout path
rattan; (rattan) cane (e.g. used in wicker furniture)
to knit; to plait; to braid; to compile (anthology, dictionary, etc.); to edit
Japanese style; Japanesque; Japanism
zabuton (flat floor cushion used when sitting or kneeling; usu. rectangular)
facing; opposite; across the street; other side
to resolve; to ready (oneself); to make up one's mind
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force
to check; to hold back; to keep at bay; to stop; to prevent; to stem
-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
apprehensions; misgivings; uneasiness; anxiety; fear