garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area
Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
azalea (Rhododendron spp.)
from the beginning; from the first; all along; of course
to look at; to gaze at; to look out over; to get a view of; to look on (from the sidelines); to stand by and watch
Hasegawa Touhaku (1539-1610) (painter of the Sengoku period)
family; clan; sect; school; group of related sumo stables
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
up until now; as recently as the present
drawing; picture; diagram; sight; scene
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
pictures on (room) partitions
Formosan sweetgum (Liquidambar formosana)
to form a pair; to pair up
Momoyama period (latter half of the Azuchi-Momoyama period, approx. 1583-1600)
representative; representation; delegation; switchboard number; main number
luxurious; magnificent; extravagant; sumptuous
large-scale work; voluminous work; monumental work; great work; masterpiece
that day; the very same day
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning
to say (something) over one's shoulder
production (e.g. play); direction
work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production
explanation; commentary; exposition; elucidation
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
spoiled fun; loss of interest; damper (e.g. on the party); wet blanket; turn-off
exhibition room (e.g. museum); showroom (for goods)
automatic; intransitive verb
voice; speech; sound of a voice; sound (e.g. of a TV)
by means of; due to; because of; according to
woman; female; feminine gender
hard (on the ears); offensive (to the ear); rasping; rough; harsh; grating
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
much more; still more; single layer (or storey, etc.); (arch.) rather; (arch.) sooner
(within) the (Tokyo) metropolitan area
noted family; noble family; prestigious school, organization, business, etc.
women's college; women's university
famous; well-known; renowned; your name
professor; teaching; instruction
studying under; looking up to; apprenticing oneself to