ryokan; traditional inn; Japanese-style lodging, usu. professionally-run
thoughtless; reckless; rash; excessive; unreasonable; immoderate
to trample down; to devastate
to be still half asleep; to be half awake; to be not yet quite awake
finally; at last; ultimately; in the end
exactly as stated; verbatim
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
recognition; awareness; perception; understanding; knowledge; cognition
to behave; to conduct oneself; to entertain; to treat someone (to a drink); to make tea for someone (tea ceremony)
delineation; demarcation; drawing a line (e.g. between what's acceptable and unacceptable); (measuring) ruler
to step over or across; to overcome
to give and take; to make mutual concessions; to compromise
to make muddy (of a liquid); to make cloudy; to make turbid; to make ambiguous; to evade (e.g. the point); to be noncommittal about
now (esp. in contrast to the past); now at last; at present; right now
to cut apart (cloth, paper, etc.); to sever (ties); to break off (relationship); to cut off (enemy's retreat); to block (road, etc.)
to come into contact with; to touch (each other); to have a brush with
secrecy; confidentiality; privacy; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal)
to gradually disappear; to be vanishing
growing light (e.g. at dawn); pale; appearing dumb; talking in an obvious way
counter for birds, rabbits, etc.
lapis lazuli blue; bright blue; azure
to move (house); to transfer (department); to change the target of interest or concern; to elapse (passage of time); to be permeated by a colour or scent; to be infected
shape of a mountain; form of a mountain
line along which to cut something off; perforated line; dotted line
clearly; brightly; crisply
deep (colour); dark; strong (flavour, smell, etc.); thick (consistency); dense; strong (possibility, etc.)
depression; melancholy; dejection; gloom; despondency
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge
with a smooth, unhindered motion; speedily and without delay
to undo; to untie; to unfasten; to unlace; to unravel; to loosen
step; stride; counter for steps
in its entirety; whole; wholly
underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
waterway; canal; channel; swimming pool lane
multi-floor building; multi-storey building; bill
steel tower; electricity pylon; transmission tower
to repaint; to paint again; to break (a record); to rewrite; to remake