homework; assignment; pending issue; unresolved problem; open question
planned; scheduled; systematic
(not) always; (not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) all
coincidence; agreement; conformity; consistency; cooperation
hard problem; person hard to please; hard nut to crack
nailing on; nailing down; being stationary; being rooted to the spot; (price) pegging
movie version (based on TV series, anime, etc.); the movie
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
movie theatre; movie theater; cinema
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; this way and that
young person; youth; young
commercialization (e.g. product); commodification
to look at again; to re-examine (policy, estimate, plan, etc.); to review; to get a better opinion of; to see in a more positive light; to improve
hot spring; onsen; hot spring resort; hot spring spa
open air bath; rotenburo; rotemburo
bathing; to bathe; to take a bath; to enter a bath
flutter kick (swimming); the thrash
viewer; (television) audience
intended for ...; oriented towards ...; aimed at ...
city councillor; city councilor; city assemblyman
geothermal energy; terrestrial heat
snow scene; snowscape; snowy landscape
wabi-sabi; aesthetic sense in Japanese art centered on the acceptance of transience and imperfection
something like that; sort of like that; similar to that; in that vein
city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
small stream; brooklet; murmuring (as of a stream)
growth; breeding; growing up (in, as); upbringing
kindness; intimacy; friendship
ryokan; traditional inn; Japanese-style lodging, usu. professionally-run
to telephone; to call in; to ring in; to contact by phone
immediate reply; quick answer; ready agreement
actual state (of things); real state; live; on-the-scene; reporting live; live coverage
so; like that; that's right; indeed; let me see...
early; soon; quickly; swiftly; rapidly
tap-tap; knock-knock; cough-cough; bark (of a fox); yelp; heavily (e.g. of snow falling)
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
twenty-fourth day of the month; twenty-four days