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.)
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.)
moving to the countryside
misty mountain in spring with buds and flowers emerging
The Great Passage (2011 novel by Shion Miura, 2013 movie, 2016 animated TV series)