serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
bank; banking institution
to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time
sleek; smooth; thin (of a liquid); without hesitation or delay
such ... as; or some such
accommodation facility (e.g. hotel); lodging facility; boarding house
surroundings; environs; circumference
turning round; going around; turning about; surrounding; encircling
to look out over; to survey (scene); to take an extensive view of
to be erected; to be built
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
travellers' inn; stage inn
hiding place; hideout; refuge; retreat; hideaway
grated daikon and chili; whole daikon with a chili notched inside and then grated together; grated daikon and carrot
signboard; sign; draw; attraction; reputation (of a shop); name
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
emotion; feeling; atmosphere; mood; spirit
overflowing; effusive; exuberant; bountiful
tasteful; elegant; refined; charming; attractive
name; given name; first name
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
moment; instant; kshana; duration of a single mental event (about 1/75 second); shortest possible interval of time
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
to harmonize; to harmonise; to be in harmony; to say the same thing in unison (inadvertently)
proprietress (of a traditional Japanese inn or restaurant); landlady; hostess; mistress
reciting (to oneself); repeating (e.g. an order, to confirm one heard it correctly)
white hair; grey hair; gray hair
elegant; refined; polished; high-quality goods; first-class article
purple; violet; Lithospermum erythrorhizon (species of gromwell); type of soy sauce
kimono; Japanese traditional clothing (esp. full-length); clothing; clothes
to come together; to merge; to fit; to match; to be profitable; to be equitable
putting that aside; that said; apart from that; anyway; be that as it may
that is to say; so that means