omen; portent; sign; premonition; harbinger; precursor
group engaged in some activity (players, companies, forces, etc.)
organic; coordinated; working in a coordinated fashion
to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with
very important person; VIP
Musashi (former province located in parts of present-day Tokyo, Kanagawa and Saitama prefectures)
Japanese zelkova (species of elm-like tree, Zelkowa serrata)
climax; peak; zenith; apex
navel; belly button; protrusion or depression in the middle of an object; center; centre
to bend; to crook; to lean; to tilt; to bend (the truth); to distort
temperature and flavor (of tea)
your husband; her husband
to praise; to extol; to laud; to appreciate; to admire
being afraid of; being fearful; being timid; trembling; shivering
in a lively way; vividly; freshly; animatedly; actively; energetically
being liable to criticism
(sound of) wind through pine trees; soughing of wind through pine trees; (metaphorically) sound of a boiling tea kettle
host and guest; principal and auxiliary; subject and object (philosophical); subject and object
to crumble down; to tumble down; to fall in
isolation; separation; remoteness; seclusion; reclusion; inaccessibility
molding; moulding; shaping; modelling (i.e. plastic arts); modeling
tea gathering (for the tea ceremony); some matter concerning tea; family tea gathering held in memory of deceased ancestors
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
tidying up; clearing up; cleaning up; clearing away; putting in order
going to bed; retiring (for the night)
opportunism; double standards; timeserving; expediency
optimism; taking an optimistic view
every evening; every night
exemption; exoneration; discharge
to row a boat; to nod off; to doze off
function; facility; faculty; feature
stoppage; interruption; cessation; suspension
heavy snowfall; white devil
silver; silver colour; (fig.) snow
sake drunk while viewing a snowy scene
surmise (about somebody's feelings); guess; conjecture
all over Japan; throughout Japan