taking refuge; finding shelter; evacuation; escape; seeking safe haven
fortress; stronghold; citadel
audience seating; (spectator) stands; auditorium; stadium
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
guest seating (e.g. theater, stadium); passenger seat (e.g. taxi); audience
outer ring; external ring; rim (of a wheel); paddle wheel; out-toe walking; duck-footed walking
to shoot or fire off an arrow
splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate
to furnish with; to equip with; to prepare for; to make preparations for; to possess (all that is needed); to be endowed with
branch-twined hedge around a field to keep out wild boars and deer; abatis
to enclose; to surround; to shelter (e.g. a criminal); to shield; to keep (e.g. a mistress); to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.)
snugly; neatly; compactly; cosily
gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; division; phylum; counter for cannons
sumi; India ink; squid ink; octopus ink; carpenter's inking string
to go under; to pass under; to dive (into or under the water); to evade; to get around; to survive
courtyard; quadrangle; middle court
to bend; to curve; to turn; to be awry; to be askew
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
tenement house; row house
ridge (of roof); back of a sword; counter for buildings, apartments, etc.
one house; the same house
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)
dirt floor; room with dirt floor; pit (theater seating); parterre
postscript (to a book); verification; publication (in a book)
to sit; to squat; to be implicated
zabuton (flat floor cushion used when sitting or kneeling; usu. rectangular)
to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand
seiza; kneeling with the tops of the feet flat on the floor, and sitting on the soles
to become numb; to go to sleep (e.g. a limb); to get an electric shock; to tingle (from an electric shock); to be excited; to be titillated
seeing for the first time; first sight; first meeting; sight-reading
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me