hot spring; onsen; hot spring resort; hot spring spa
lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
hot spring (or bath) which is good for the skin
presence (of a nobleman, the emperor, etc.); outrider (person riding horseback in the lead position of a cavalcade); My Lord; My Lady
white; unseasoned; undyed; very much; precisely; playing dumb
inner palace (in Edo Castle); palace's ladies chambers; shogun's harem
sweetheart; person in one's thoughts (heart)
attraction; fascination; lure; captivation; charm
wild beast; wild animal; brute
impossible; unlikely; improbable
to boil strongly; to be excited
anchor (of a ship); last runner or swimmer in a relay team; news anchor; news presenter; anchor (clock component); pallet fork; anchor (HTML)
dividing vertically; vertical split; top-to-bottom sectioning; division into sections; splitting lengthwise
short-distance race; sprint
point spread; point difference
just (applies to set number of items, instances, etc.)
allotment (allocation) of marks
scoreless (game or competition)
mock cavalry battle; piggyback fight
tug of war (orig. a form of divination to predict whether the year will be favourable or unfavourable); forward puller (of a rickshaw)
aforementioned; above-mentioned
notice or order handed down from above; announcement; notification; Edo-period proclamation issued by the shogunate (or a daimyo, etc.) to the concerned parties
provisional; temporary; tentative
ball-toss game, in which balls are thrown into a basket on a high pole (played at sports festivals)
taking into consideration; giving consideration (to)
game in which a dangling piece of bread is grabbed in the mouth and raced to the finish line (in school sports festivals)
three-legged race; cooperation with singleness of purpose (e.g. between companies); operating in tandem
wall iris; roof iris; Iris tectorum; fleur-de-lis
proportions (esp. body proportions); proportionate width; ratio
plot; scheme; trick; design; intrigue; artifice
to rule; to govern; to administer
frail; having a weak constitution; being in poor health
entering and leaving hospital
more than anything; above all else
frail; having a weak constitution; being in poor health
familiar; well-known; regular (e.g. customer); old stand-by