piling up high (food in a bowl); filling (a bowl); heaped bowl
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
very; greatly; exceedingly
quickly; at once; right away; hurriedly
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip of (clothes, rank, etc.); to deprive of; to divest of
deep affection; dear; beloved
resolute; firm; dauntless; undaunted
to push on; to plunge forward; to push one's way to
to reheat; to steam over; to bring up again (a problem that has been dealt with); to take up again; to drag up
to disappear; to vanish; to go; to leave; to die
sexy; popular; well-liked
wedding hall; marriage hall; wedding place; wedding location
scattering; leaflets; sushi rice in a box or bowl with a variety of ingredients sprinkled on top; writing in an irregular hand
advertisement; advertising; announcement; notice
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
Culture Day (national holiday; November 3)
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature
hot spring; onsen; hot spring resort; hot spring spa
women's bath; women's section in a public bath
men's bath; men's section in a public bath
to insist; to assert; to be obstinate in saying
open air bath; rotenburo; rotemburo
changing room (at a bathhouse, swimming pool, etc.)
ryokan; traditional inn; Japanese-style lodging, usu. professionally-run
online shopping; e-commerce; mail order
pinky swear; pinky promise; hooking each other's little fingers to confirm a promise
to rekindle one's love; to fall in love again (with a person one has previously been in love with)
concentration; diligence; asceticism; zeal in one's quest for enlightenment; adherence to a vegetarian diet
generally; mainly; nearly all; almost all; gist; summary; staying within bounds
one's mind; one's heart; one's intention
without exaggeration; truthful; factual
kindness; favor; favour; goodwill; affection; liking (for someone)
plectrum; pick; drumstick for Japanese drums (e.g. taiko)
re-examination; review; reconsideration; reappraisal
fair and square; open and aboveboard
quarrel; dispute; argument
collision; crash; running into; conflict; quarrel; clashing
discussion; talk; tête-à-tête; conference
reason; reasoning power; (one's) sense