to keep in mind; to bear in mind; to try; to aim to do; to endeavor; to endeavour
votive picture (originally of horse)
turret; watchtower; high wooden stage; scaffolding; wooden frame (of a kotatsu); yagura
caves dug as tombs in and around Kamakura during the Kamakura and Muromachi periods
paper lantern; Chinese lantern; Japanese lantern
office work; clerical work; administration; business; affairs
zori; traditional Japanese thonged sandals
hakama; man's formal divided skirt
both; many; various; together
show; display; pretensions; pose (in kabuki); posture
to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep
superb view; picturesque scenery
to get torn; to tear; to rip; to be broken off (of negotiations, etc.); to break down; to collapse
personal; individual; private
to stop; to abort; to discontinue; to close
wearisome; insipid; dull; irksome; wretched; vain
hospitality industry; service trade (hotel and restaurant); service industry
harming one's image; worsening of one's image
amount sold; sales; proceeds; takings; turnover
to get information; to find out; to get wind of
to stay overnight; to stop (e.g. at a hotel)
lodging together; training camp; boarding house
cola (carbonated soft drink); kola tree (Cola acuminata, etc.); cola tree
to happen to hear; to overhear
same period; corresponding period; same year (of graduation, entering a company, etc.); contemporary; synchronization; synchronism
to conceal oneself; to hide; to endure; to bear; to stand
to strain (one's ears, eyes); to prick up (one's ears)
children's story; fairy tale
to become exaggerated (of rumours, etc.); to become embellished
illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
how much; how many; what amount; what extent
(bearing a) close resemblance; vivid reminder (e.g. of the past); dim; faint; vague
person concerned; interested party; related party
elucidation; explication; explaining; unravelling; clarification; understanding
generation; the world; the age
chugging (a glassful of) a drink in one go
wrong; different; not like that
to take; to catch; to capture
regrettable; vexing; upsetting; unthinkable; wholly unexpected