open air; outdoors; outside
paints; painting material
to accustom; to train (e.g. one's ear); to tame; to domesticate; to train (an animal)
plain wood; unfinished woodwork
equality; uniformity; evenness
thinly painted; thinly lacquered
to inlay; to insert; to plug in (to a formula); to immerse; to trick; to deceive
to be sacked; to be fired; to be dismissed; to be beheaded
transfiguration; transformation; change of appearance
reflexively; reflectively; by reflex
having an aptitude (for); having a talent (for)
high-speed; rapid; express; highway; freeway; expressway
to have one's hands slip (and drop something)
unkindness; unfriendliness
jumping to a hasty conclusion
(being) by oneself; with no outsiders present
chanko; fish, meat, and vegetable stew traditionally served to wrestlers
privately; with outsiders barred; en famille
consideration; thoughtfulness; sympathy; compassion; feeling; kindness
writing brush; paintbrush; writing with a brush; drawing with a brush; writing (composing text); the written word
colouring; coloring; colouration; coloration; painting
rucksack; knapsack; backpack
waitress (in a ryokan or traditional restaurant); hostess
proprietress-to-be of a Japanese inn or restaurant
tatami chair; legless chair; small, legless chair used while sitting on tatami
hot spring inn; hot spring hotel; hot spring resort
"Helping Hands" comedy performance; performance in which one person wears a haori on their shoulders, while another person behind them puts their arms through the sleeves of the haori and feeds the person in front
to be fed up (with); to be tired (of); to be bored (with); to be unable to bear
to succeed; to bear fruit
to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)
to be able to eat; to be able to swallow
family bath (in a ryokan, etc.)
front (aspect, weather, war-front, etc.); reception (e.g. in a hotel); front desk; front office; team management
awkward; embarrassed; embarrassing; inconvenient; inopportune; untimely
indescribable; having no way to express
nature; natural constitution; innate disposition