Imperial Hotel (in Tokyo)
article; item; quality; flirtatiousness; coquetry
river; stream; River; the ... river
April; fourth month in the lunar calendar
than; other than; except; but
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
lasting long; continuation; keeping at (something); sticking to (something)
to be prolonged; to drag on
to speed; to tear away; to skip over (e.g. pages)
to wind around; to wrap around; to coil around
winding; meandering; wriggling; wiggling; waving; swaying
unbleached cloth; unbleached colour (color); unbleached; undyed
fluttering (esp. of thick or heavy material); piece of dangling cloth, paper, metal, etc.
Euro-; euro (the currency)
how many months?; how long?
in spite of; regardless of
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
image change; changing one's image; makeover
limited time; limited-time offer
weekend; Saturday and Sunday
ice; shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
planning; project; plan; design
parched; dried-up; empty; hollow; rattling; clattering
to ring; to sound; to be popular; to be esteemed; to state; to insist
having said that; on the other hand
thin (paper, cloth, porcelain, etc.); of thin make; superficial (knowledge, critique, etc.); shallow; slight wound; slight cut
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together
rustling; dry; rough feeling; rough (of a person); course; catching fish with a net
Urashima Tarō; (a) Rip van Winkle; fairy-tale fisherman who, after visiting the underwater Palace of the Dragon King, returns centuries later
(being in) the red; deficit; red letter; red writing; corrections (by a teacher or proofreader) written in red
(being in) the black; surplus; black letter
to flow out; to stream out; to pour out; to gush forth; to leak; to ooze out
magic; witchcraft; sorcery; spell
in an instant; instantly; in a moment; instantaneously; in the twinkling of an eye
change in appearance; transformation
expenses; costly; expensive