office hours; business hours; working hours
to announce; to tell; to sentence; to order
exclusive; attached to; specialist
lady attendant; lady's maid; waiting maid
brunette; woman or girl with brown skin or eyes
dango; dumpling (usu. sweet); ball-shaped object; something round; lump; group
approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; appropriate age (to ...); old enough (to ...)
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
cool (temperature, color, etc.); cool (i.e. calm and collected); cool (i.e. fashionable, attractive, etc.); course (of medical treatment); season (series) of a television program (usu. 13 installments over a 3-month period)
to serve; to work for; to attend
lapis lazuli; lapis lazuli (color); beryl; mall blue passerine bird (esp. the blue-and-white flycatcher and the Siberian blue robin, but also the red-flanked bluetail); glass
only; merely; just; at most; no more than
extraordinary; special; exceptional; non-standard grammatical construction; ungrammatical usage; solecism
unnecessary; not needed; not necessary
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of one's arrival); invitation
to obey respectfully; to humble oneself; to sit straight (upright, respectfully, attentively)
gorgeous; gaudy; dazzling; gay; resplendent
contrary to expectations; or so we thought, but ...
(one's) master; Lord; the main thing; the majority
stairs; stairway; staircase
two sheets (pieces) (of paper)
to stop (in one's tracks); to come to a stop; to halt; to pause; to stand still
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
to set foot into; to enter; to step inside; to cross the threshold
showy; brilliant; gorgeous; florid; gay
interior design; interior; upholstery
to be dizzy; to be disoriented; to be dazzled; to be lost in (greed, lust, etc.)
brilliant; bright; dazzling
to shine; to glitter; to sparkle
delicate; minute; fine; detailed; subtle
ivy (esp. Boston ivy, Parthenocissus tricuspidata)
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
to weave into; to interweave; to be incorporated in; to be factored in
charming; fascinating; voluptuous
canopy; dome; priestly minstrel's reed hood; reed hood worn by Komuso priests
extravagant; lavish; opulent; luxurious; magnificent; splendid