door; gate; opening; title page
condominium (usu. mid or high-rise); apartment building; apartment house; block of flats; apartment; flat
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
midwinter; dead of winter
souvenir store; gift shop
snack; light meal; snack bar (usu. an establishment that serves alcohol); snack food (esp. potato chips, popcorn, etc.); munchie
marked; pronounced; showing a strong tendency (towards)
valley; ravine; gorge; canyon
counter for buildings (esp. houses); suffix for a pen name, stage name, etc.
inn with hot spring facilities; hot spring inn; hot spring ryokan; onsen ryokan
public bath; communal bath; public bath or hot springs maintained by the local community and free or low fee
snugly; neatly; compactly; cosily
izakaya; tavern, bar, etc. that also serves various dishes and snacks
to some extent; to a certain extent
entertainment district; amusement area; pleasure quarter; red-light district
businesses offering food and entertainment; cabaret, club, gambling and restaurant businesses; sex industry; sex-related businesses
crowding together; clustering together; close formation; swarm
suspicious; dubious; unreliable; indecent; unseemly
(running) along a mountain; along (a chain of) mountains
Kōbō Daishi (774-835 CE; founder of Shingon Buddhism and renowned calligrapher)
spreading Buddhist teachings
hot water; hot bath; hot spring; molten iron
the public; general public
place; spot; grounds; arena; stadium; range
to soften; to calm down; to be eased; to be mitigated; to subside; to abate
going from bathhouse to bathhouse (in a hot spring resort)
to be crowded with people; to be bustling with; to prosper; to flourish; to do thriving business
to pass (by) each other; to brush past; to miss (meeting) each other; to fail to meet; to be at odds; to clash
about to start out; just about to leave or go out; outing; trip
foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese
with a friendly grin; smilingly
to stop walking; to pause
hollow; cavity; sunken place; (arch.) vagina; (arch.) female genitalia