godsend; lifesaver; timely offer; windfall
there being no use in arguing (about it)
origin; genesis; opening; start; beginning
government office; government agency; authorities
to be lifted; to be raised; to happen suddenly; to occur; to be homeroom teacher for the same class multiple years in a row; to move up with one's class
at first; at the outset; to begin with; as a first step
arrest; apprehension; capture
top news; front-page news; lead story
pleasure trip; company (office) trip
through; non-stop; direct; going straight to
one's body alone; having nothing except one's body; just oneself (with no belongings)
yukata (light cotton kimono worn in the summer or used as a bathrobe)
what happens to one today may happen to another tomorrow; misfortunes can happen to anyone
punctually; on time; as regularly as a clock
light (e.g. aircraft, truck); light motor vehicle (up to 660cc and 64bhp); kei car
mountain stream; valley; dale; wetlands; swamp; marsh
interchange; international; inter-
countryside people (in town); visitor from the country; out-of-towner; country bumpkin (visiting the big city); yokel
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to be confused from not knowing what to do
souvenir store; gift shop
soft serve ice cream (icecream)
buying and eating sweets (esp. children); between-meal snacking
mountain road; mountain trail
hot spring district (within a town)
central part; heart (of a city)
Japan's best; number one in Japan
waitress (in a ryokan or traditional restaurant); hostess
plump; fleshy; well-rounded; pleasant (fragrance); rich
stretching a rope around; roping off; one's turf; domain; territory (of an animal)
frequently; often; (staring) fixedly; narrowly; closely
indoor bath; bath for family (not public) use
open air bath; rotenburo; rotemburo
to give; to offer; to lift up; to hold up; to raise
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
the rest; the others; in addition (to that); besides that; and so forth; and the like
hinoki cypress (Chamaecyparis obtusa); Japanese cypress
water temperature (esp. bath)
precautions; warnings; matters to be attended to; things to note; suggestions; hints
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness
structure; construction; makeup; framework; organization; pattern