billiards; pool; snooker; cue sports
full moon; 15th day of the lunar month
what; what kind of; no ...; any; adds emphasis to the preceding word; no
long-established shop; shop of long standing; old shop
inn with hot spring facilities; hot spring inn; hot spring ryokan; onsen ryokan
establishment (of a business); founding
business conditions; the market; good (economic) times; prosperity; liveliness; energy
since then; from that time; ever since
proprietress (of a traditional Japanese inn, restaurant, or shop); landlady; hostess; mistress; female innkeeper
great disturbance; great tumult; turmoil; wild uproar; pandemonium
medicinal bath mix; bathwater additive; bath salt
to expose (a secret, scandal, etc.); to disclose; to uncover; to unmask
person who has committed suicide
medicine man; shaman; faith healer; witch doctor; exorcist
diffusion; spread; popularization; promulgation; familiarization
reason for living; something one lives for; purpose in life; raison d'être; ikigai
minus; subtraction; negative (number); deficit; loss; disadvantage; drawback
gloomy; melancholy; pessimistic; luxuriant (of vegetation)
youth; adolescence; springtime of life
short (in height); stumpy; tiny; short (trousers, etc.); undersized
simple; plain; modest; frugal; reserved
to have a meal; to take a meal
dried sardines (held together by a bamboo skewer or string piercing the eye sockets)
to drop; to let fall; to omit
change; alternation; rotation; replacement; substitution; shift
essence; quintessence; spirit; soul; heart; pith (and marrow)
to investigate thoroughly; to research thoroughly; to master; to understand completely
to hold fast; to protect to the end
dad; daddy; papa; pa; pop
mum; mom; mummy; wifey; dear; missus
direct talks; direct negotiations; talking to someone in person
to be taken aback; to be astonished; to be dumbfounded
entrance examination (for a transfer student)
job vacancy information; recruitment information