Vocabulary

scenography; scenic design; set design; stage design

clothes

clothes

airing of clothes, hanging scrolls, etc. (to prevent damage from insects and mould)

being able to hear everything (esp. when one was not intended to)

to go on waiting only to be disappointed; to wait in vain

resident; tenant

misdirection

somehow; for some reason (or other)

constitutive form

faint memory; vague recollection

nothing special; no big deal; doesn't matter

family crest based on a japonica flower

training school

number of characters; character count

fetal alcohol syndrome; FAS

YouTube

ingest; process of capturing, transferring or importing different types of video, audio, or image media

corporate group; group businesses; group company; affiliated company

turnkey

sake brewing using natural yeast and no mashing

fresh spring roll (i.e. not fried); summer roll; Vietnamese salad roll

idol (esp. in the philosophy of Francis Bacon: idols of the tribe, cave, market, and theater)

tall and thin; long and thin; lanky; spindly; gangly

Buddhist teachings; Buddhist scriptures

state of uncertainty; limbo; leaving unfinished with the intention of inflicting suffering; dragging out tortuously; half-killing a snake

brush application; brush coating; painting with a brush

whisk broom

Brahma (Hindu creator god)

atman; one's true self, which transcends death and is part of the universal Brahman (in Hinduism)

urinary sediment (e.g. in urinalysis)

blizzard of falling cherry blossoms; flurry of falling cherry blossoms

buried earthen jar that makes sound when water drips into it (garden feature)

sweet of egg yolks drawn into strands and boiled in sugar syrup (orig. from Portugal); angel hair; fios de ovos

flower thief; stealing flowers

it is no crime to steal flowers

licensed masseur; licensed masseuse

a child's emotions change easily; the bird that cried now laughs

to heat until dissolved

strange dream