deep in the mountains; mountain recesses
delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient
ryokan; traditional inn; Japanese-style lodging, usu. professionally-run
not ... for nothing; not ... with nothing to show for it; worthwhile; no wonder ...
open air bath; rotenburo; rotemburo
furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality
year-end party; "forget-the-year" party; bōnenkai
alumni association; graduates' association; alumni meeting; class reunion
to gather; to collect; to assemble
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
being a graduate of the same school; person who went to the same school; fellow alumnus
breaking up (e.g. meeting); dispersing (e.g. crowd); dissolving (company, organization, etc.); liquidating; dissolving (diet, parliament, etc.)
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
to take a bath; to have a bath; to take a shower
all night; throughout the night
chattering; talk; idle talk; chatty; talkative; chatterbox
only; just; since; after; remaining (in a particular state)
thump-thump; bang-bang; pit-a-pat; to beat fast (of one's heart); to throb; to pound
to start an act (of a play); to have curtains open; to have an (event, period of history, etc.) start
to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon
selfishness; egotism; egoism; egocentricity
after-party; second party (of the night); second meeting
to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid
to overlook (a mistake, fault, etc.); to tolerate; to let pass; to give someone a break; to let someone off lightly; to be lenient
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
crying hard; crying one's eyes out; loud crying; wailing; profuse weeping
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)
improvement (e.g. in skill, ability); advance; progress; communication of opinions of the general populace to those of high rank
to fail; to blunder; to make a mess; to drink up; to eat up
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
wholehearted; earnest; determined; intent; single-minded; straightforward
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
remaining; left-over; excess
speaking fondly about one's sweetheart (spouse, girlfriend, etc.); going on about one's love affairs
grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); assistance; help; effects; influence
close friend; bosom friend; buddy; crony; chum
we are of equal status in this regard; we are in the same boat; the same to you; the feeling is mutual
(idle) curiosity; fancifulness; whimsy; (having) strange tastes
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
many times over; often; repeatedly; time after time