travellers' inn; stage inn
household head; master; host (e.g. of a tea gathering); husband
leaving everything up to someone else
precious; valuable; priceless; noble; exalted; sacred
wall of people; crowd of people lined up (e.g. spectators); throng of people
kneeling down on the ground; prostrate oneself
solemn (ceremony, atmosphere, etc.); austere; grave; majestic; dignified; stately
with curious eyes; curiously
rude; outspoken; presumptuous; cheeky
quick; swift; nimble; quick (understanding, judgement, etc.); alert; prompt
hot spring; onsen; hot spring resort; hot spring spa
famous; noted; renowned; celebrated; well-known
Buddhist priest; bonze; layman dressed like a priest; person
discovery; detection; finding
gorge; ravine; canyon; glen
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
ground; land; the region in question; the local area; skin; texture; fabric
salted salmon; fish wrapped in (bamboo) leaves
to be open (to traffic); to lead to; to flow (liquid, current); to pass; to be understood; to be comprehended; to be honored
to be crowded with people; to be bustling with; to prosper; to flourish; to do thriving business
journey; course; itinerary; stroke (of a piston); throw (of a switch)
perhaps; probably; generous; many; much
Japanese spirea (Spiraea Japonica); meadowsweet; Shimotsuke (former province located in present-day Tochigi Prefecture)
body; physique; build; stature
four generations; fourth generation immigrant; yonsei; the fourth (e.g. George IV)
pride; boast; credit (to)
ronin; masterless samurai; high school graduate waiting for another chance to enter university after having failed the yearly entrance examination; person out of work; jobless person; (arch.) wanderer
to rise (suddenly) in the world (to a higher position)
to break; to fracture; to fold; to bend; to make (origami); to interrupt
find it against one's conscience (to do); too proud (to do)
way (of doing); manner; method; means
unable to stomach; sticking in one's throat; displeased with
fidelity to one's principles