student number (for seating, etc. in class)
to vanish gradually (e.g. of a voice); to trail off; to die away; to feel one's soul leaving one's body (from embarrassment, grief, etc.); to feel faint; to feel numb
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
to be found; to be discovered
half-moon; half a month; semicircle
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
swimming in the ocean; sea bathing; seawater bath; going for a dip in the ocean
the same as it was long ago; unchanged; traditional
to become rustic; to be countrified
custom; practice; convention; precedent
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
that day; the very same day
lying face down; lying on one's face; placing upside down; placing face down
soft serve ice cream (icecream)
bikini (swimwear); Bikini island
to be needed; to be wanted
beach; seashore; captured pieces (in the game of go); captured stones; Yokohama; (arch.) riverbank
teahouse; (Edo period) rest stop; (geisha) teahouse; establishment where patrons are entertained by geisha; tea house (that sells tea); tea dealer
rice and curry; curry rice
old-fashioned; ancient-looking; time-worn
ryokan; traditional inn; Japanese-style lodging, usu. professionally-run
hotel catering for lovers; hotel that rents rooms by the hour
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)
outskirts (of a town); run-down district
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
weird; disgusting; sickening
happy memory; sweet memory
umeboshi; pickled dried ume; pickled dried plum
and; or; and the like; and so forth; and what not
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
address (e.g. of house); residence; domicile
exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution
maternity leave; paternity leave