awning (over window, doorway); eaves (of roof); narrow aisle surrounding the core of a temple building; visor (of a cap); brim; classic Japanese women's low pompadour hairstyle
signboard; sign; draw; attraction; reputation (of a shop); name
inn; tavern; basket used by travellers to carry food and other supplies; basket used by travellers to carry horse fodder
izakaya; Japanese bar that also serves various dishes and snacks
open; spacious; extensive
countertop; tabletop; baking tray; baking sheet
to be indelibly stained or ingrained; to be dyed in deeply
clearing out people (from room, etc.); ordering people to leave
distilled liquor; spirits
constraint; reserve; feeling hesitant; being afraid of troubling someone
talkativeness; loquacity; polypetalous; multivalve
past middle age; nearing old age; near-elderly; age 40
arrangement; good offices; discretion; judgment; disposition
to stay at (e.g. hotel); to be docked; to be berthed; to be moored
public bath; communal bath; public bath or hot springs maintained by the local community and free or low fee
business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed
as; because; with; due to
to be uneasy; to be anxious; to fear
favorable; favourable; friendly; vividly colored; vividly coloured
mochi; (sticky) rice cake
to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring
mild; calm; gentle; quiet; congenial; amicable
to grip; to grasp; to squeeze
to resolve; to ready (oneself); to make up one's mind
to enclose (with); to surround (with); to turn (one's head, heel, etc.); to think over; to work out; (arch.) to notify (orally or in writing)
clumsy with one's hands; all thumbs
right-handedness; right-handed person; right-hander
torrentially; swiftly flowing (water, esp. river); (speak) eloquently; fluently; flood of the times (moving strongly in one direction); current of the times
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
viewing as a problem; problematizing
junction; crossroads; division point; parting of ways
threat; bird-scaring device (scarecrow, gun, etc.)
to shoot through something (wall, body, etc.); to pierce (e.g. with an arrow or a look)
(not) by any means; (not) for anything; wouldn't do for anything; had enough; flatly refusing
before one knows it; before one realises; without one's knowledge; without noticing
to stick; to get stuck; to be unavailable; to be busy; to be piled up (e.g. of work); to halt (in one's speech)
violent emotion; passion; fury