official bulletin board (esp. Edo period); highest bid; highest tender; your letter
to take away; to carry away
the country; countryside; outskirts; suburbs; presence; being in attendance
this sort of; of this kind; of the sort; such
pious men and women; religious people; the faithful
wallboard; wall decoration
worm-eaten; moth-eaten; holes eaten in clothing, leaves, etc. by caterpillars, moths, etc.; leaf warbler (any bird of genus Phylloscopus); chiffchaff
gable; gabled roof; building with a gabled roof; gabled roof construction
faded color; faded colour; antique look
dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
to avoid (physical contact with); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way
railing; handrail; balustrade; armrest (chair)
ornamental railing top; bridge railing-post knob; Welsh onion flower; leek flower; hosta; plantain lily
pent roof built atop the stairs of a shrine or temple
Japanese ash (Fraxinus japonica)
flapping (of a flag, fan, etc.); fluttering; pitter-patter (of footsteps); quickly (making progress); in quick succession
to look afar; to look at something while absorbed in reverie; to look at something while absorbed in one's thoughts
slow, relaxed walk; stroll
to rain (or snow), keeping people indoors
to join (hands); to take (each other's hands); to scramble for; to struggle for; to pay attention to; to take notice of
sopping wet; dripping wet; sodden; drenched; soaked
clapping one's hands in prayer (at a shrine)
sect; denomination; school (e.g. of poetry)
becoming a devout believer; (religious) conversion
to assume the posture of praying; to press the palms and fingers of both hands together; to beg; to make a supplication; to see (something or someone of high status)
habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
ceremony; matter; affair; with regard to; as for
to ask for permission (before doing something); to ask first
preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; being stranded; grounding; level dyeing
transition; change; progress; passing (of time)
vanishing behind the clouds (e.g. of the moon); vanishing; suddenly disappearing; going into hiding
condition of one's stomach
to pour (of rain); to pound down
to go out; to go around; to walk about; to roam
rest; break; recess; intermission