hot water; hot bath; hot spring; molten iron
shrine; palace; imperial residence; Imperial prince; Imperial princess; headboard with built-in shelves, drawers, etc.
making; producing; appearance (attire, make-up, etc.); build; physique; sashimi
structure; construction; posture (e.g. in martial arts); pose; readiness; determination
bow (weapon); archery; bow (for a violin, etc.)
to shoot (arrow, bolt, dart)
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
to do up (hair); to dress; to arrange; to tie; to bind; to fasten
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
a kind; a sort; of sorts; something of a; sort of; somewhat
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
good fortune; happiness; blessing; good luck
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
inhabitant; resident; citizen; population
in this way; thus; such; uh...
to fill (with); to be filled with; to express (an emotion); to project (sadness, joy, etc.); to wear (e.g. a smile)
engawa; external corridor on the outer side of traditional Japanese houses; bone at the base of a fin; meat at the base of a fin (esp. of a flatfish)
careless; stupid; thoughtless; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
in front of one's eyes; just nearby; within a stone's throw
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
closely contested constituency; highly competitive marketplace; (fig.) battleground
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
(facial) expression (esp. fierce, fearless, sinister, etc.); look
to excite; to incite; to stimulate; to arouse; to tempt; to stir up
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle
to warm oneself; to sun oneself; to warm up; to get warm
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
slowly; unhurriedly; without haste; leisurely; at one's leisure
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
what the?; what's going on?; what's this?
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
high praise; great admiration; rave reviews
katsura (Cercidiphyllum japonicum); Japanese Judas tree
imperial villa; royal villa; detached palace
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly