box seat; (restaurant) booth; box (theater, sports stadium, etc.)
sneer; derision; scornful laugh; cold smile
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
hanky-panky; juggling; cheating; deception; smoke and mirrors
these days; nowadays; present day; at this time (of the day)
mountain trail; path up a mountain
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
common reed (Phragmites australis)
recommendation; endorsement
Stars and Stripes (US flag); Star-Spangled Banner (US anthem)
correct size; perfect size
improvement in image (of someone or something); improving one's image
idly; lazily; aimlessly; evasively; elusively; vaguely
on the road; on the street; in the street; on the way
traveling bag; travelling bag; suitcase
(in the) style of a gate; gate-equipped (house, shop, etc.); kanji "gate" radical (radical 169)
stale; old fashioned; hackneyed; trite; antiquated; obsolete
waitress (in a ryokan or traditional restaurant); hostess
wooden mosaic work; parquetry; wooden mosaic (e.g. on a piece of furniture); marquetry; marqueterie
zabuton (flat floor cushion used when sitting or kneeling; usu. rectangular)
wooden floor; room with a wooden floor; changing room (at a public bath)
to lie down; to throw oneself down
not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)
hotel charges (for lodging, not meals, etc.)
journey; course; itinerary; stroke (of a piston); throw (of a switch)
to lay in stock; to replenish stock; to procure; to learn; to find out; to take in
bathtub or onsen made of (or surrounded by) rocks
Japanese cypress wood bathtub; hinoki tub
Sukhavati (Amitabha's Pure Land); paradise; heaven on earth
peep; peeping; peep show; device with lens mounted on a stand or in a box to view enlarged pictures
something or other; one thing or another; this or that
synthesis; coordination; putting together; comprehensive
everything; anything; nothing
Japanese clothing; being dressed in a kimono; Japanese-style bookbinding
well-matched (esp. of a couple); becoming; suitable