foreign or imported timber
auctioning; selling at an auction
gloomy and depressing; mournful
domestic timber; domestically-produced lumber
Chinese "root" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
sick building; building which causes people to feel unwell
pre-cut (e.g. of timber before taken to building site)
Nihon Bungeisha (publisher)
like water off a duck's back; (lit.) urine on a frog's face
to weaken (of willpower, solidarity, etc.); to lose one's edge; to become less tense; to become lax (of discipline, rules, etc.)
clear-cut logging; clear-cutting
retaining wall; sheathing
Chinese flowering ash (Fraxinus lanuginosa form. serrata)
Thunberg spirea; Spirea thunbergii
wild camellia (Camellia japonica); common camellia
space between the teeth; interdental space
Japanese star anise (Illicium anisatum)
audience with the Emperor; imperial audience
(accidentally) peeing out of excitement; excitement urination
body heat from several people in close quarters; stuffy air
first doing of ... (ever, in one's life, in the new year, etc.)