ryokan; traditional inn; Japanese-style lodging, usu. professionally-run
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
seemingly good; (of) good appearance; looking good
what's the best thing to do?; what to do?
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
then; in that case; considering; if that is the case; if so
harvest; crop; ingathering; fruits (of one's labors); gain; result
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
menu; schedule; program; (computer) menu
reclamation (e.g. wasteland); cultivation; development; pioneering; opening up (e.g. new market); breaking new ground
to bind; to file; to top with egg (e.g. donburi)
mark; guide; purpose; aim; sight (on a firearm)
article; news story; report; account
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
wild grasses; field grass; wildflowers
to adopt (method, proposal, etc.); to take (measure, course of action, etc.); to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather (e.g. mushrooms); to extract (e.g. juice); to take (e.g. a sample); to assume (an attitude)
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
to join together; to combine; to join up
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
copier paper; photocopying paper
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
tag; slip; label; sticker
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
giant butterbur (Petasites japonicus); Japanese sweet coltsfoot
Japanese knotweed (Reynoutria japonica); flowering bamboo
photograph; photo; picture; moving picture; movie
black and white; monochrome; good and evil; right and wrong; guilt and innocence
nine; nine years of age; twelve o'clock (old time system)
memory; ability to remember
right on the heels of yesterday, then today ...; soon after something, and yet now ...
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
high-spec; highly competitive (on the dating scene, e.g. by having a high income, being good-looking); ticking all the boxes
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
to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)
gap; space; break; interlude; chink (in one's armor, armour); chance
surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality
restlessly; aimlessly; to loiter; to drift; to be restless; to fuss
bento; Japanese box lunch
standard; basis; criterion; norm; reference; datum
gofer; dogsbody; person who is made to do things or get things for someone else
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?