water supply; water service; channel; strait; water course; waterway
clockwise rotation; CW; right-handed rotation
naming (esp. of a commercial product or company); branding
residential area; quarter; neighbourhood; neighborhood
ryokan; traditional inn; Japanese-style lodging, usu. professionally-run
wooden building; wooden architecture
glazing; fitting with glass; transparency; openness; lack of secrecy
exotic mood; exotic atmosphere; exoticism
with a clatter; with a rattle; empty; bare; raspy (voice); gravelly; with a gargle
naivete; simplicity; innocence
undesirable lover (boyfriend, girlfriend); passion; temper; irritability
Japanese style; light wind; moderate breeze
fusuma; Japanese sliding screen
Japanese clothing; being dressed in a kimono; Japanese-style bookbinding
Western clothing; Western binding
good (quality, condition, etc.); Good (grade); B
acceptable; satisfactory; approval; being in favour; Pass (grade); Fair
concentration; diligence; asceticism; zeal in one's quest for enlightenment; adherence to a vegetarian diet
with curious eyes; curiously
to lay out a futon; to make a bed
ancestral; hereditary; imported; transmitted; handed down
touting; tout; barker; pander
starting up (e.g. business, computer)
establishing oneself in life; success in life
if times were better; if one had been born at an earlier, more opportune time; if times had not changed; if I had my due
territorial dispute; territorial issue
between both countries; bilateral
innovative; liberal; reformist; progressive
punishment without a legal trial; vigilantism