interior; inside; internal
interior design; interior; upholstery
solemn; sublime; grand; magnificent; impressive
smelling of mold; musty; putrid; old-fashioned; stale; hackneyed
moving to a different location to start a new job; (proceeding to) new appointment
control; management (e.g. of a business)
bungalow; one-story house
to live; to reside; to inhabit
to engage in lively conversation
multicolored; multicoloured; of various colors; diverse; of all kinds; all manners of
(it was) no bother at all; not at all; it was nothing
three-way junction; three-way intersection
all things being in flux through the endless circle of birth, death, and rebirth; the circle of transmigration
antiquity; the previous era
Warring States period (of Japanese history, approx. 1467-1568 CE); Sengoku period; Warring States period (of Chinese history, 403-221 BCE); era of vicious competition
unfortunately; sorry, but ...
transmigration; reincarnation; metempsychosis
tapir (Tapirus spp.); mo; mythological Chinese chimera similar to a tapir, said to devour bad dreams
to support each other; to support one another
to start for home; to head for home; to make for home
harmless and inoffensive; bland; tepid
to surprise; to frighten; to create a stir
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
to cause laughter; to extract a smile
hospitality; reception; treatment; (light) refreshment; entertaining with food and drink; treat
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
first thing in the morning
how many people; a number of people
gradations (on a ruler, thermometer, etc.); division; scale
heating; application of heat
careless; thoughtless; hasty; rash
to put all one's skill (into doing something); to do something to the best of one's ability
dinner party; ceremonial dinner; dinner meeting (or lunch, breakfast)
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
gaudy (esp. of makeup or clothing); garish; glitzy; loud
on the occasion of; at the time of