ryokan; traditional Japanese inn
in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly; hazily; with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh
neglecting; ignoring; paying no attention to; superior to (e.g. a professional); outdoing; outshining
riches; wealth; resources; lottery
entertainment (of guests; esp. in the corporate world); treating (to food and drinks); wining and dining
to bend many times; to turn and twist; to zigzag
sense of orientation; sense of direction
tearoom; tea house; tea-ceremony room; tea arbour; tea arbor
tea whisk; bamboo whisk for making Japanese tea; hair style where the hair is tied up in a bundle on the back of the head (resembling the shape of a tea whisk)
to bubble; to foam; to froth
jello; jelly; gelatin dessert; gel; jelly
pineapple (Ananas comosus)
lofty peak; kyoho (large purple-black grape variety)
difficult person; good-for-nothing; pain in the ass (arse)
illegitimate child; secret love child
small quarrel; dispute; run-in; issue; trouble
to lose one's temper; to lose patience; to have enough; to be exasperated; to become irritated; to get fed up
to give a round of applause; to applaud
to take responsibility (for a fallout); to accept the blame; to take the blame
self-analysis; autoanalysis
grandfather; male senior-citizen
biological younger brother
paper-thin (difference); razor-thin; very slight
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon
totally willing; fully motivated
wild; freakish; madcap; crazy; hysterical
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
with a smooth, unhindered motion; speedily and without delay
to count; to include in the number
of tender years; very young
the end of the line; the end of the road; curtains
(in) dire straits; (in a) serious bind; (in a) big pinch
rim of a volcano (esp. Mt. Fuji); wrestling ring; dire or risky situation with no room for error; sink-or-swim position
clearly (understand, see, hear, etc.); distinctly; perfectly; as if it were right in front of one
mixture of fact and fiction; half-truth
revealing (information, a secret, etc.); disclosure; telling; letting out
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
danger to oneself; (fear of) one's physical safety
commander; general; leader
to shoot (arrow, bolt, dart)