system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series
the Dog (eleventh sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Dog (around 8pm, 7-9pm, or 8-10pm); west-northwest; ninth month of the lunar calendar
common camellia (Camellia japonica)
hot spring; onsen; hot spring resort; hot spring spa
taking advantage of (a convenient situation)
bathtub; boat with a bathtub rented to customers (Edo period)
hogging; having all to oneself; monopolising; monopolizing
one large ...; a great ...
elegance; grace; festal song (genre of the Shi Jing)
stroke of the brush; touch; literary style
spare time; free time; leisure time
to run (a business); to operate; to carry out; to perform; to hold (a Buddhist or Shinto ceremony)
sunken hearth; sunken fireplace
Ise (former province located in the major part of present-day Mie Prefecture and parts of Aichi and Gifu prefectures); Ise (city)
dead end; cul-de-sac; blind alley; end; end of the road; end point
projecting lattice; latticed bay window
helping oneself to a drink; pouring one's own drink
to revive; to come to oneself; to be restored to life
(a) step ahead; (a) jump ahead
arrival; coming (e.g. something awaited); advent
to have a terrible time; to have a hard time
to slurp; to sip (loudly); to sniffle; to sniff
stinging (pain); smarting; tingling
to be astonished; to be flabbergasted; to be startled; to be amazed
pickles made in brine and fermented rice bran (esp. vegetables, also meat, fish, eggs, etc.)
to pinch; to hold (between one's fingers); to pick up and eat; to snack on; to pick out (the main point); to summarize
filthy; unfair; dirty; untouchable; disgusting; nasty
damn Westerner; (lit.) hairy foreigner
to have rumors going around (rumours); to have rumors spread
to be present (esp. during a birth); to be witness to
secret (recipe, medicine, etc.); mysteries (e.g. of an art)
to invent a pretext for a quarrel; to pick a fight
to pay back a debt; to have one's revenge; to settle a score; to get back at someone
to chide; to rebuke; to reprove
nothing special; no big deal; doesn't matter; nothing to worry about
losing easily; being trounced; being beaten hands down
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)