extempore; impromptu; improvised; ad-lib; off-the-cuff; instant
ryokan; traditional inn; Japanese-style lodging, usu. professionally-run
arranged; taken care of; settled; completed; finished
business; trade; operations; sales
Japanese style; light wind; moderate breeze
gas (state of matter, e.g. poison gas, natural gas); gasoline; gas; dense fog; thick fog; gas stove
water supply; water service; channel; strait; water course; waterway
making; producing; appearance (attire, make-up, etc.); build; physique; sashimi
to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to be prudent; to be complete; to be thorough
waitress (in a ryokan or traditional restaurant); hostess
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
small dining table (usu. for a single person); serving tray (with legs); meal; food; counter for bowlfuls of rice; counter for pairs of chopsticks
meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting
waiting on a table; serving (at dinner); waiter; waitress; office boy; office girl
middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years
measuring by feel; adjusting by feel; doing by feel; adapting to the situation (one's strength, strictness, etc.); making allowances; using discretion
service; help; discount; discounted item; free service; freebie; service
failure; collapse; breakdown; break-up; bankruptcy
to sit cross-legged; to sit at ease
guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of one's arrival); invitation
(taking a) bath; hot spring cure
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; tidy; frank; open-hearted; completely
yukata (light cotton kimono worn in the summer or used as a bathrobe)
to draw water (e.g. from a river); to lead water to (e.g. a field, a pond); to supply water to; to irrigate
garden lantern; hanging lantern
to blow into; to breathe into; to inspire; to indoctrinate; to record (music, video, etc.)
side (esp. of a waterbody); edge; bank; shore
crape myrtle (Lagerstroemia indica)
to smell sweet; to be fragrant
to take up one's chopsticks (to begin a meal); to start to eat; to eat
somehow; in some way; for some reason; faintly; vaguely
taste; elegance; appearance; air; the likes of ...; lowly people such as ...
calm; graceful; quiet; mellow; damp; moist
to be dripping wet; to get drenched to the skin
guest room (at a hotel); guest cabin (on a boat); passenger cabin (on a plane); drawing room
fixed paper-enclosed lantern; paper-covered wooden stand housing an (oil) lamp
to expose (to the sun, public, danger, etc.); to bleach; to refine; to rinse (vegetables); to soak; to doxx