boards covering a ditch (drainage, sewage, etc.); grassroots (e.g. campaign); door-to-door; on the ground
row of houses; each house; every house; every door
alley; alleyway; teahouse garden; path through a gate (or through a garden, etc.)
semi-detached house; double house
enclosure; fence; storage (of fruit, vegetables, etc.); partitioned area of a room for conducting tea ceremonies; mistress; castle
cheap structure (e.g. of houses)
to defy; to disobey; to rebel against; to oppose; to resist
creak; squeak; creaking sound
to jar; to creak; to grate
kitchen door; back door; service door; host's entrance to a tea-ceremony room
entrance (i.e. of a Japanese house); start of a rise (e.g. in prices)
entrance; entry; gate; approach; mouth
wooden fence; board fence
to be in disorder; to lie scattered around
nimble; agile; quick; smart
to drink oneself dead drunk; to drink oneself unconscious
rest; recess; vacation; holiday; dormancy (of a silkworm prior to moulting)
cheerfully; buoyantly; happily; in high spirits
flexible; lithe; soft; pliable
one's carriage; one's demeanor; agility; body movements
smooth (of a surface); glassy; smooth (of an action, proceedings, etc.); fluent (speech); continuously differentiable
intonation; accent; modulation; inflection
sidelong glance; flirtatious glance
to flatter; to curry favor with; to curry favour with; to flirt with (woman with a man); to make eyes at (a man)
enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
roofed mud wall around a villa or temple
samurai general (esp. during the Sengoku period)
one's youth; early life; one's early days; one's early years
to break; to fracture; to fold; to bend; to make (origami); to interrupt
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
woven mat (of sedge, hay, etc.)
cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes; remains (of war dead)
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
(art of) fencing; swordsmanship
skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery
dojo; hall used for martial arts training; manda (place of Buddhist practice or meditation, esp. the place under the bodhi tree where Buddha attained enlightenment)
match; game; bout; contest
instructor; (fencing) teacher; model
case that something major happens; event of an emergency; when it comes to the crunch
to put to use; to make use of; to turn to account
pursuit of knowledge; studying; learning; training; completing a course
at first; initially; in the beginning
confidence; trust; faith; credit (finance)