ryokan; traditional inn; Japanese-style lodging, usu. professionally-run
available room (hotel); vacancy; room to let
fishing; angling; change (for a purchase); clickbaiting; trolling; writing deliberately inflammatory posts online
simplicity; convenience; easiness; quasi-
tatami mat; Japanese straw floor coverings
fishing harbour; fishing harbor
closing time; lockup; curfew
stereotyped; stereotypical; invariable; like clockwork; regular
horse mackerel (Carangidae spp., esp. the Japanese horse mackerel, Trachurus japonicus); jack mackerel; pompano; scad
rolled egg; rolled omelette (omelet); fried egg; frying pan for making rolled eggs
cutting into four; quarter; photograph size 254mm x 305 mm
basket clam (Corbiculidae spp.); freshwater clam; freshwater mussel
to borrow; to have a loan; to hire; to rent; to buy on credit
mochi; (sticky) rice cake
intimacy; affection; familiarity
good-for-nothing son; profligate son
repatriation; return; (electrical) feedback
to go too far; to go past; to go to extremes; to overdo it
to accomplish; to fulfill; to carry out
to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was
to follow in order; to go through step-by-step
repetition; repeat; reiteration; repeatedly
electrically powered; electric
user's manual; instruction manual; operation manual
for a short while; for a while; for some time; for the time being
coming and going; traffic; road; street; association; socializing
closing; shutting; firmness; tightness; discipline
to say; to utter; to declare; to name; to call
one after another; in rapid succession
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
fellow guest; fellow lodger; fellow passenger
to stick; to get stuck; to be unavailable; to be busy; to be piled up (e.g. of work); to halt (in one's speech)
to choke; to be choked by; to be stifled by
to shine in (light); to illuminate
dirt floor; room with dirt floor; pit (theater seating); parterre
fox (esp. the red fox, Vulpes vulpes); fox (i.e. a sly person); soba or udon topped with deep-fried tofu; light brown; golden brown
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!