tourist attraction; sight-seeing area
original; unique (e.g. product); signature; exclusive
buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum); soba; Japanese buckwheat noodles
smooth; shiny; slippery; greasy; slurping (noodles)
Japanese mugwort (Artemisia princeps); mugwort (any plant of genus Artemisia); wormwood; sagebrush
samadhi (state of intense concentration achieved through meditation); being immersed in; being absorbed in; prone to; apt to
end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
tide; current; sea water; opportunity; chance; thin soup of fish or shellfish boiled in seawater
again; once more; a second time
hot spring resort where customers can bathe without spending the night
to imitate; to follow; to emulate
to bring to a finish; to bind firmly; to superintend
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
high class; high grade; high rank; seniority
ryokan; traditional inn; Japanese-style lodging, usu. professionally-run
tower; tall building; turret; lookout; (arch.) brothel
splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate
(in the) style of a gate; gate-equipped (house, shop, etc.); kanji "gate" radical (radical 169)
meaning; tenor; effect; influence; appearance; aspect
luxurious; magnificent; extravagant; sumptuous
sleek; smooth; thin (of a liquid); without hesitation or delay
guaranteed; authentic; certified
no, not like that (but like this)
to all appearances; no matter how you look at it
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
800; eight hundred; multitude; large number
New Year's gift (usu. money given to a child by relatives and visitors)
100,000; hundred thousand
to be saved up (of money)
savings box; moneybox; piggy bank
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
staying for two or more nights in a row (e.g. at a hotel)
high place; high altitude; heights; broad view
piece of junk; worn-out article; clumsy; useless; dismantled car; hitting (with fist)
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
turning around (once); suddenly; abruptly; completely (wrapped in something); quickly (unwrapping something); beautiful, round (eyes)