run-down house; dilapidated house; shabby old house; (arch.) rag and scrap merchant
scholarship; stipend; bursary; student loan
to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on
and then; and so; and; so then
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
fresco; mural; wall painting
bust (measurement); breasts; bosom; bust (sculpture); half-length portrait
to wind around; to wrap around; to coil around
visiting multiple hot springs; onsen tour
notice; bulletin; post; posting; placard
cold bath; taking a cold bath
in any case; at any rate; anyhow; anyway; as you know; for you see
one plot (of land); one (city) block; one area; one brush stroke; one kanji stroke
in the style of (esp. literary, artistic, etc. works); reminiscent of; attached or stretched on
drainboard; floor grates; duckboard; slatted wood (e.g. used as a base for storing futons inside a cupboard)
guidepost; signpost; guide; manual; tiger beetle (esp. the Japanese tiger beetle, Cicindela japonica)
Japanese-style garden; traditional Japanese landscape garden
indescribable; exquisite; inexpressible; indefinable
in public; in company; in the presence of others
to conceal; to keep secret; to cover up
sticky; syrupy; weakly (of a flame); gently (e.g. boil); dozing off; napping
sensitive; alert; aware; susceptible
black and white; monochrome; good and evil; right and wrong; guilt and innocence
not at all inferior to; rival or surpass; compare favorably (with)
guidance; leadership; instruction; shido (minor penalty in judo)
surely; certainly; without doubt
elegance; taste; refinement
(being moved) deeply; (feeling) profoundly; (going) straight to one's heart; going numb; stinging (pain)
shout (of encouragement, etc.); yell (used to time or encourage activity, e.g. "Heave ho!")
groin; thigh; crotch; fork (in a tree, road, river, etc.); tines (of a fork)
leaving (on, open, unfinished, etc.); (doing) continuously; constantly; keep ...-ing