faint; trance; swoon; stupefaction
to undo; to untie; to unfasten; to unlace; to unravel; to loosen
to stay at (e.g. hotel); to be docked; to be berthed; to be moored
ryokan; traditional inn; Japanese-style lodging, usu. professionally-run
party; group; troop; one act; one action; one deed
proprietress (of a traditional Japanese inn or restaurant); landlady; hostess; mistress
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
to cover a surface; to spread all over; to blanket; to lay
before oneself; in front of one; a bit before reaching (a location); this side (of a location); one's standpoint; one's appearance; skill
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
open air bath; rotenburo; rotemburo
unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
lesson; precept; teachings; moral
cuisine with fresh seafoods
everything; anything; nothing
hot water; hot bath; hot spring; molten iron
sense of guilty pleasure; feeling of naughtiness
to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit
bathing; to bathe; to take a bath; to enter a bath
sitting together in a circle; happy circle; harmony
to come around to do; to become inclined to do; to get excited about; to take an interest
to shine; to be visible; to be tinged with; to rise (of water levels); to flow in; to be felt (i.e. as an emotion); to come over one
to look (stare) back at (somebody); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to look back (behind oneself)
fusuma; Japanese sliding screen
to rain incessantly; to downpour
to be still half asleep; to be half awake; to be not yet quite awake
to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to work out (e.g. business deal); to arrange (e.g. marriage)
bed hair; hair disarranged during sleep; habit of moving around in one's sleep; sleeping habit
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
fast approach; quick intimacy
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
to tickle; to tickle (one's curiosity, vanity, etc.); to arouse; to make laugh; to amuse
to shrink back; to wince; to flinch; to recoil
what's the matter?; what's wrong?