elegant; graceful; refined; leisurely; comfortable; easy
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
Izu (former province located on the Izu Peninsula in present-day Shizuoka Prefecture, and the Izu Islands)
ryokan; traditional inn; Japanese-style lodging, usu. professionally-run
every year; yearly; annually
suspension; stoppage; discontinuance; interruption
Okinawa (city, prefecture)
publicity; advertisement; advertising; propaganda
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon
unnatural; affected; studied; forced
middle of summer; height of summer; midsummer
southern country; southern provinces; southern lands
unconnected; weakly related; alien; having little prospect of marriage
silver (Ag); silver coin; money; silver medal; silver colour; silver color; bank
to seclude oneself; to shut oneself away
pickled (something); pickled in (something); preserved in; overreliance on (e.g. medication); excessive use of
in conflict; incompatible; out of harmony; running counter; mutually exclusive; clashing with
counter for articles; counter for military units; individual
eyes sparkling; with shining eyes; for one's eyes to gleam
to shrink back; to wince; to flinch; to recoil
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
addition; annexation; appendage
cold; chilly; cold (attitude, stare, etc.); frigid; composed; cool
lifeboat; friend in need; helping hand; timely help
attacking a fleeing enemy; additional attack on a weakened enemy; additional blow to an already unfortunate situation
of bad character; ill-natured; nasty; vicious; wicked; malignant
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to investigate thoroughly; to master
seiza; kneeling with the tops of the feet flat on the floor, and sitting on the soles
source of electricity; electrical power; power (button on TV, etc.)
reflection; reflected light; reflected heat; glare
liquid crystal display; LCD; liquid crystal screen
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity
salty sea breeze; salt wind
breakdown; failure; damage; hurt; objection; protest
thermal runaway; overheating
horizon (related to bodies of water)
beyond; across; the other side; the distance
precipitous cliff; sheer precipice; critical situation