敷

step in a Japanese entranceway

residential area

(security) deposit; caution money

Kurashiki (city)

Abbreviation

storage charges

expatiation; enlargement (e.g. on a point); elaboration; amplification

clear explanation; paraphrasing

suffix indicating room size (following a number of tatami mats and a counter)

small tatami room

extension of the main room of a home (in traditional palatial-style architecture)

room smaller than four and a half tatami (in tea ceremony)

insole; (shoe) insert; intermediate layer

rug; carpet

pot stand

stone paving; stone paved area

residence for low class samurai enrolled in one of the police forces (Edo period)

empty residence; empty estate

empty lot

public flower garden

anvil

precinct of a jail; vicinity of a prison

front room; parlor; parlour; living room

yashikigami; estate kami; small shrine with kami on or near residential land

window-sill; window-ledge

tatami-mat room rented out for meetings, meals, etc.

place for assignations

(Edo-period) brothel

fur rug; fur cushion

insole; inner sole

paper mat

dress worn by a geisha to a zashiki party

floorboard; plank

(animal's) litter; bedding