hot spring resort where customers can bathe without spending the night
character; disposition; spirit; temperament
finished doing; did completely
stall-keeper (esp. at a festival); street vendor; huckster; faker; hawker; seller of unreliable merchandise
naturally growing tree; tree that does not grow in a tree plantation; natural wood
to grasp at straws; to resort to desperate measures
fifty-three stations on the Tōkaidō (Edo-Kyoto highway in Edo-period Japan)
tessellated; grid-shaped; grid-like
to spread money around (e.g. to give, to loan, to invest, etc.)
Emperor Oujin; Oujin Tenno
low spirits; depressed heart
extremely cold feeling that makes one feel numb; sharp pain that is almost numbing; heartrending; touching the heart
agricultural land; farmland
waitress (in a ryokan or traditional restaurant); hostess
Ise pilgrimage; pilgrimage to the Ise Grand Shrine; Ise pilgrim
playing in the mud; playing with mud
all green; winning hand consisting only of exclusively green tiles (green dragons and suited bamboo tiles of the numbers 2, 3, 4, 6 and 8)
to tie; to fasten; to hitch; to secure (trust, patronage of customers, etc.); to keep (an employee, someone's interest, etc.); to save (someone's life)
to pay off completely (e.g. loan)
main temple; main building of a shrine; alternate name for the Shishiden; Hall for State Ceremonies; central building of a palace; State Chamber
having the luck to escape trouble (your behaviour has landed you in)
moon; Tsukuyomi (god of the Moon in Shinto and mythology)
evil destiny or connection; unfortunate love
little-known hot spring; secret hot spring; secluded hot spring
to lean over (someone); to bend over; to lean on; to weigh on one; to bear (heavily) on one; to lie on one
to coil about; to follow about; to surround; to cling to
sterilization; sterilisation
to death (bored, scared, etc.); to distraction; like crazy; like mad; so much; dying (e.g. for a drink)
leafy vegetables; green vegetables
origin of an affair; spark that lit the fuse; beginning
to brace oneself; to keep one's spirits up; to keep one's composure; to pull oneself together; to stay strong
to slander; to libel; to criticize; to criticise
to brim over with feminine charm; to look captivating (of a woman); to look young and fresh; to be elegant; to look refined; to have a calm and composed appearance
sal (tree) (Shorea robusta); saul; Japanese stewartia (Stewartia pseudocamellia)
loser; owner of a lost article
oral medicine; internal medicine
to differ a little (esp. of two or several versions)
catfish (esp. the Amur catfish, Silurus asotus); (arch.) earthquake
Susanoo (deity, younger brother to Amaterasu); Susanoo-no-Mikoto