small room; closet; cubicle; booth; stall
pica (eating disorder); atomic bomb
tearoom; tea house; tea-ceremony room; tea arbour; tea arbor
brightness; brilliance; brilliancy; radiance; glitter
ukiyo-e; ukiyoe; Edo-period woodblock print
to set off to advantage; to bring into prominence; to support; to favor; to rouse (spirits); to march (a prisoner) off
supporting role (actor); minor role
past days; bygone days; days of yore; while still alive; during one's lifetime
brilliant; bright; glorious
to dismantle; to demount; to take something away; to detach
sticky; thickly (e.g. painted); heavily (applied); all over (pasting, stamping, etc.); clinging (e.g. of a person); following around
to cave in; to become depressed; to sink
after having come this far; now that we've come this far
to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time
(with a) slamming noise (door, telephone receiver); (with a) banging noise; (with a) clash (broken dish); (with a) clank; (with a) bang
hearth; fireplace; furnace; kiln
to slide into; to slip into
torii; Shinto shrine archway
double doors opening from the centre; double-opening from the centre (e.g. doors, casement windows, etc.); method of filleting fish, chicken, etc. with a central cut and peeling back the flesh
hokora; small wayside shrine
just this side of; one step short of; on the brink
repair; mending; fixing; servicing
counter for generations; epoch
youth; springtime of life; adolescent
brilliant; glorious; glittering; bright; splendid (e.g. achievement, success); promising (e.g. future)
woman's heart; female instincts or psychology
growth; development; one's early life; upbringing; personal history
large tree; big tree; huge tree
valuable; worthwhile; worthy; worth doing
thin; skinny; delicate; fragile; feeble
rainy season (in Japan usu. from early June to mid-July); rain during the rainy season
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
to cause; to induce; to bring about a result or state; to produce
to get to the heart (of the matter); to come to the main point