way; method; means; (technical) specification
soaked; drenched; sopping; incessantly (raining); drizzling
Shangri La (from Lost Horizon, 1933 novel by James Hilton); Shangri-La
zhen (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: thunder, east)
what's that?; what the...
pleasantly warm; nice and warm; repeatedly (hitting someone); again and again; over and over
to hang over; to shroud; to enshroud; to envelop; to screen
hot water; hot bath; hot spring; molten iron
excessively spacious; unduly wide; sprawling
washing place (e.g. for laundry or tableware); place for washing oneself in a bathroom
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
pawn (chess piece); boing; sproing (e.g. sound of releasing a spring); flipping through the air; tossing
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
water-filled bamboo tube which clacks against a stone when emptied; device for scaring birds from gardens
furnishings; implements; equipment
ryokan; traditional inn; Japanese-style lodging, usu. professionally-run
Japanese cypress wood bathtub; hinoki tub
from one end to another; thoroughly; completely; utterly
to compete; to contend; to vie; to contest
vast; extensive; immense; huge; large; grand
jūbako; multi-tiered food box; heavy; serious; extreme; -fold
to bend many times; to turn and twist; to zigzag
hall; saloon; spacious room; reception room
sidelong glance; short grain (paper)
washing machine (laundry)
counter for articles; counter for military units; individual
then; in that case; considering; if that is the case; if so
thin-culmed dwarf bamboo (growing in clusters); Japanese transverse bamboo flute (high-pitched; usu. with seven holes); sliver (strand of loose fibers)
natural; intrinsic; from birth
out of range; outside the limits (of...); outside (a) range; outside the scope
hinoki cypress (Chamaecyparis obtusa); Japanese cypress
rushing into; breaking into; storming; plunging into (war, etc.); embarking on (a new venture)
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
to set one's hand to; to start work on; to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion); to have sexual relations; to have an affair
(hair) rinse; (hair) conditioner