敷

samurai residence

Architecture

lot area; site area; plottage; lot size

Idiomatic expression

having a high threshold (for entry); difficult to approach; feeling awkward to go to (of someone's home)

protective household deity in Tōhoku, appearing as a red-faced child spirit with bobbed hair

trash house; house overflowing with garbage from hoarding

futon (laid on the floor); (Japanese) mattress; underquilt; sleeping mat

to impose a gag order; to hush up; to order someone not to mention something

haunted mansion; haunted house; enchanted house

ninja house; ninja residence

large furoshiki

big talk; vain boasting or bluster; blowing one's own trumpet; rodomontade

room detached from main house

to lie scattered; to be strewn about

straw-matted room

Noun or verb acting prenominally

having a high threshold (for entry); difficult to approach; feeling awkward to go to (of someone's home)

to talk big; to be bombastic

graveled; gravel-covered

gallery (in a theatre); upper gallery; cheap seats; nosebleed section; the gods

(private) geisha entertainment; being entertained by one or more geisha (in a tea house or traditional Japanese restaurant)

to be invited (often to perform for an audience); to be called

to lie scattered; to be strewn with; to be covered with

kneeling

tracing; copying

Poetical term

the art of classical Japanese poetry

quilted pad for beds, etc.