hurried construction; hurried production; hasty manufacture; hasty formation
preliminary inspection; having a look in advance; preparatory read-through (e.g. of lesson notes); siding (on a house); clapboard
to turn over (face down); to lay face down; to point downwards (eyes, head, etc.); to cast down (eyes); to lie (one's body) face down; to lie flat (on the ground)
accepting; consenting; agreeing; submission; compliance; agreement
bone; firm; uncompromising
silence; stillness; quietness
cannot help (doing); have no choice but to; am compelled to; am obliged to; it is incumbent upon (me) to
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
drawing room; parlour; parlor; reception office
tokonoma (alcove where art or flowers are displayed)
hanging scroll; kakemono; bed covering (quilt, futon, blanket, etc.); sugared sweets
nursing; nurse; attending; attendant; entertainer
lightweight fabric or clothing; silk gauze; thin silk; Latin (language)
variety of ceremonial dress made of intertwined cloth and silk threads
samurai costume; old ceremonial costume; top and bottom; up and down; high and low
to settle down; to get a steady job; to marry and raise a family; to attire oneself; to outfit oneself
open air; outdoors; outside
remains; traces; (the sorrow of) parting; end
consideration; concern; attention; thoughtfulness; making arrangements; care
to throw open; to leave open
height (e.g. of summer); peak (e.g. of cherry blossom season); prime (of one's life); (one's) best days; (being in) heat; rut
to be enlivened; to be exhilarated
backlight (in photography, etc.); illumination (of the subject) from behind
to lie on top of each other; to overlap; to pile up
to rise to the surface; to come to the front; to emerge (e.g. from obscurity); to stand out (e.g. against a dark background)
to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread
inner parlor; inner parlour; salon; living room
energy; vigour; vigor; liveliness; spirit; life
extension; elongation; prolongation; Enchō era (923.4.11-931.4.26)
to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
mild; calm; gentle; quiet; congenial; amicable
sitting together in a circle; happy circle; harmony
small; little; tiny; insignificant; humble; modest
something white; snow; gray hair; grey hair
counter for thin, flat things (petals, leaves, etc.)
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman