readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation
care; looking after; trouble; bother; good offices; recommendation
again (and again); once again; yet again
suddenly in a bad mood; in a huff; abruptly; suddenly; unexpectedly
to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
story; tale; talk; discussion
to hear; to be told; to know; to receive (order); to undertake; to comply
heavy (feeling, etc.); gloomy (weather, etc.); oppressive (atmosphere, etc.); stifling; strained
to take a breath; to take a short rest
sense of liberation; feeling of freedom
to taste; to savor; to appreciate; to enjoy; to experience; to go through
suddenly; abruptly; impulsively
suspicious character (person, figure)
narrow; tight; formal; stiff; constrained; uncomfortable
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
to loosen; to slacken; to relax (attention, efforts, etc.); to let down (one's guard); to relax (a rule); to ease (e.g. restrictions)
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
interval; break; pause; spare moment
view; prospect; outlook; viewing platform; overlook
to reseat oneself; to correct one's posture
title of honour; title of honor
changing one's clothes; a change of clothes
guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of one's arrival); invitation
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
bizarre; strange; eccentric; odd; queer
resuming work after the New Year's vacation; first time that one works in the year
shrine office; office of a Shinto shrine
(one's) exclusive use; private use; dedicated use; use for a particular purpose; exclusive use (of particular products); using only (e.g. a certain brand)
locker room; changing room; dressing room
ryokan; traditional inn; Japanese-style lodging, usu. professionally-run
to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with; to be equivalent to
private room; single (room); room for one; (toilet) stall
to assign; to allot; to allocate; to divide among; to distribute; to prorate
treatment; reception; service; working conditions; salary; pay
mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion
purification ceremony (performed with water); ritual purification; ablutions
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to swing
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
ability; capacity; capability; physical strength
to overdo; to do too much