powerlessness; helplessness; incompetent
to jump upon (a moving object)
Izu (former province located on the Izu Peninsula in present-day Shizuoka Prefecture, and the Izu Islands)
beach; seashore; seaside; coast
hot spring inn; hot spring hotel; hot spring resort
plain; frank; candid; open; direct; straightforward
payment in advance; advance payment; prepayment
guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of one's arrival); invitation
chilly; unpleasantly cold
shellfish; seashell; shell
lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
tide; current; sea water; opportunity; chance; thin soup of fish or shellfish boiled in seawater
townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street
to bloom; to flower; to blossom; to open
winding; meandering; sinuous; zigzag
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
(mountain) pass; highest point on a mountain road; ridge; peak (e.g. of summer); worst (e.g. of an illness); crisis
passing shower; streaks of pouring rain
Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica)
close thicket; dense forest; jungle; amazon.com
terrific; fierce; terrible; tremendous; dreadful; awful
foot (of a mountain or hill); bottom; base
Kawabata Yasunari (1899-1972)
the whole company; the party; attendance (at a gathering); presence; banquet; dinner; troupe
fellow traveler; fellow traveller; travelling companion; taking someone along unwillingly (e.g. in death); forcing to take part
movie theatre; movie theater; cinema
screening (a movie); showing; to screen a movie
reading in a monotone; reading a Chinese classical text without translating it into Japanese