to manage something successfully; to be successful
original; primitive; primary; fundamental; raw
popular use; circulation; to pass as; to pass for
waitress (in a ryokan or traditional restaurant); hostess
capital; funds; seed money; asset
to do over again; to redo; to start over; to remake; to resume; to recommence
something or other; one thing or another; this or that
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
carefree; optimistic; careless; reckless; heedless; happy-go-lucky
to enquire of someone about something (inquire); to question; to interrogate; to grill (someone about a matter); to question in detail
tatami chair; legless chair; small, legless chair used while sitting on tatami
to lean against; to lean on; to recline on; to lie heavy (on the stomach); to be uneasily digested
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
condensation (of ideas, emotions, etc.); condensation (of a vapour or gas)
patient's condition; pathology
internal organs; intestines; viscera
speech and conduct; words and deeds
dimness; obscurity; indistinctness; unclear; unintelligible
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
miraculous efficacy; miracle; miraculous virtue
rule; regulation; settlement; conclusion; habit; custom
ban (e.g. on smoking); prohibition
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
starting point of a mountain ascent; trailhead (leading up a mountain)
ryokan; traditional inn; Japanese-style lodging, usu. professionally-run
to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on
stone Buddhist image; unemotional person; taciturn person
to bend; to curve; to turn; to be awry; to be askew
to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)
to run into; to collide with; to come to the end of (a street); to run into (difficulties, problems, etc.); to run up against
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
to rise; to swell; to be promoted
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
to turn back; to go back; to come back; to return; to retrace one's steps
along; parallel to; in accordance with
forever; endlessly; on and on; meandering; wandering; winding
to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to go down (sun); to wane; to sink
sleeping outdoors; sleeping out in the open air; camping
hey there; I say; see here