blunder; miss; slip; oversight
rainy; showery; inclement
going up and down; rising and falling
remote place; backcountry; the sticks; hinterland
calm before the storm; lull before the storm
next-door neighbors; (living, sitting) next to each other
tourist attraction; sight-seeing area
hot spring; onsen; hot spring resort; hot spring spa
hot-spring village; onsen village
between times; when there's a spare moment
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
beautification; cleaning up; tidiying; glorification; idealization; romanticizing
to become extremely serious (in attitude); to look solemn; to assume a solemn air
to wheeze; to breathe with difficulty; to gasp
rowdiness; rowdy (person or event)
to hide; to conceal; to lower volume (of a sound or one's voice) so as not to be heard; to become quiet and inconspicuous
to flap (wings); to spread one's wings; to go out into the world
don't get me wrong, but ...; I'm sorry
tending to find things bothersome; person who tends to find things bothersome
in good taste; tasteful; having good taste; having a cultivated taste
sore; erosion; ulceration; corruption; dissipation; becoming degenerate
outfit featuring pants (as opposed to a skirt)
to soak (into); to permeate; to sting (of a wound, sensitive area, etc.); to smart; to be infected (e.g. with vice); to be steeped (e.g. with prejudice)
filling (up) a hole; filling in (for a gap, vacancy, etc.); stopgap; making up (for a loss, damage, etc.); covering (a deficit); fill-in-the-blank activity
taking someone around; guidance; (arch.) parading a criminal through town before their execution (Edo period)
bloodshed; (lit.) rain of blood
awkward; embarrassed; embarrassing; inconvenient; inopportune; untimely
all people; the whole nation
to keep one's distance from someone (due to fear or because that person is superior)
sign; indication; call; summons; requisition; expropriation
loved one; lover; sweetheart
drawing; diagram; plans; blueprint
what kind of; what sort of; what; how; in what way
to cram; to stuff; to jam; to squeeze; to pack; to crowd
find it against one's conscience (to do); too proud (to do)
pessimism; (taking a) gloomy view; discouragement; despondency; despair; disappointment
discord; disharmony; false note; being out of tune