Heaven's wind

Question 1

宅 taku

Answer 1

one’s house

Question 2

縁側 engawa

Answer 2

external corridor on outside of traditional japanese house

Question 3

腰掛ける koshikakeru

Answer 3

to sit down

Question 4

眺める nagameru

Answer 4

to look at, to gaze at, to admire

Question 5

座敷 zashiki

Answer 5

tatami room, formal japanese room

Question 6

畳む tatamu

Answer 6

to fold (clothes, umbrella) e.g. sentakumono wo tatami-nagara

Question 7

蒸し返す mushikaeshi

Answer 7

to reheat, to steam over;

also - to bring up again (a problem already dealt with), to drag/dredge up, to rehash

Question 8

坪 tsubo

Answer 8

tsubo - land measurement (around 3.31m)

Question 9

夫婦 fuufu

Answer 9

married couple

Question 10

iken ga wakareru

Answer 10

difference of opinion - e.g. fuufu wa iken ga wakareteita

Question 11

定年 teinen

Answer 11

retirement age

Question 12

丈に

dake ni

Answer 12

given that… ;

… being the case…

Question 13

植木 ueki

e.g. 植木道楽 uekidouraku

Answer 13

garden trees, potted plants, shrubs

e.g. person who’s hobby is gardening

Question 14

道楽 douraku

Answer 14

hobby, pastime

Question 15

遺す nokosu

Answer 15

to leave, bequeathe (after death)

Question 16

一服 ippuku

Answer 16

a dose, a puff, a smoke

e.g. ippuku yari-nagara (whilst having a smoke)

Question 17

暦 koyomi

Answer 17

calendar, almanac

Question 18

めくる

Answer 18

to turn over, to flip the pages of

e.g. koyomi wo mekuru you ni - as the days of the calendar flip by

Question 19

庭木 niwaki

Answer 19

garden trees

Question 20

下草 - shitakusa

Answer 20

undergrowth, weeds beneath a tree

Question 21

ひっそり hissori (+ to)

Answer 21

silent(ly), quiet, inconspicuous

Question 22

石塔 sekitou

五輪塔 gorintou

Answer 22

stone tower/pagoda/tombstone

gorintou = special type of buddhist pagoda/tomb

Question 23

薄墨 usuzumi

Answer 23

thin or diluted ink

Question 24

溶ける tokeru

Answer 24

to melt, to thaw, to fuse, to dissolve

e.g. satou wa mizu ni tokeru = the sugar is dissolved in water

Question 25

闇 yami

Answer 25

darkness

Question 26

出世 shusse | 出世コース shusse ko-su

Answer 26

getting ahead, promotion, success in life; climbing the ladder Career track

Question 27

椅子 isu

Answer 27

chair, but also: post, office, position

Question 28

腹が立つ hara ga tatsu

Answer 28

to get angry, to be furious, to take offence