pardon; forgiveness; exemption; permission
hailing each other; acting in concert; responding (to); agreement; concord
sniff; sniff-sniff (esp. an animal); whining; whimpering
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
choices; alternatives; options
bad ending (in a film, novel, etc.); unhappy ending
(only) one option; one possible choice
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
hot spring; onsen; hot spring resort; hot spring spa
introduction; presentation; referral; listing
effect; efficacy; virtue; benefit
prevention; precaution; protection against
certainty; reality; regular; permanent; samadhi (state of intense concentration achieved through meditation)
ryokan; traditional inn; Japanese-style lodging, usu. professionally-run
sacred place; holy ground; the Holy Land; real-life location used as a setting in a novel, film, anime, etc.
tourist attraction; sight-seeing area
taking captive; carrying away; kidnapping; kidnaping; abduction
welcome!; nice to see you!
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
each time; always; often; thank you for your continued patronage
greatly; very much; thanks a lot
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
change of occupation; career change
proprietress (of a traditional Japanese inn or restaurant); landlady; hostess; mistress
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
no!; no no!; no, not at all
different person; another person; someone else; changed man
this world; this life; world of the living
firefly (Luciola cruciata); lightning bug; glowworm
talking about one's love interests; girls' talk; gossiping
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
to obey respectfully; to humble oneself; to sit straight (upright, respectfully, attentively)
exchange (e.g. cultural); interchange; interaction; alternating current; AC