to succeed (someone); to take over from; to pick up the torch
to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce
ryokan; traditional inn; Japanese-style lodging, usu. professionally-run
detached building; solitary house; room detached from main house; separation from; loss of interest in; independence of
hokora; small wayside shrine
(outward) appearance; (proper) format (e.g. of an essay); form; appearances; decency; lip-service
to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to swing
guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of one's arrival); invitation
tail (animal); tail end; tip
inner thoughts; real intention; at heart; deep down; inner center (centre)
protective household deity in Tōhoku, appearing as a red-faced child spirit with bobbed hair
happiness; well-being; joy; welfare; blessedness
shaking; shake; unsettledness; instability; existence of multiple spellings, pronunciations, usages, etc. for a single word
one vehicle; one ryō (an old coin)
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
box seat; (restaurant) booth; box (theater, sports stadium, etc.)
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
September; ninth month of the lunar calendar
to frown (on); to be grim-faced; to look sullen
transit (passenger); connecting (flight); transfer (ticket)
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; around; about; round about
to force one's way; to push through
settlement; village; community; (bacterial) colony
to look displeased; to frown; to scowl; to look grave; to look serious
pre-nuptial doubts; wedding blues
extravagant; absurd; unbelievable; enormous; tremendous; extraordinary
(one's) figure; build; physique; style
to say to each other; to exchange (jokes, comments, etc.); to quarrel; to dispute
narrow; thin (sized); slender
irrespective of the occasion; indiscriminately
openly; in public; without caring what others think
making; forming; cultivating; form; appearance
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly