great tumult; great strife; big loud bang; bustle; dirdum; hell broken loose
sentimental; emotional; maudlin; mawkish
order (from one's superior); command; what you say; (someone's) words
sentiment; sentimentality
traffic; transportation; communication; exchange (of ideas, etc.); intercourse
sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic
deserted (esp. store, market, town, streets); quiet; inactive (business, trade, etc.); slack; idle; free
waiting for someone to arrive
the same as it was long ago; unchanged; traditional
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
ryokan; traditional inn; Japanese-style lodging, usu. professionally-run
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
appearance; shape; form; atmosphere; look; feel
hot spring; onsen; hot spring resort; hot spring spa
boom; rage; fad; boom; cross-arm
but I suppose; it seems; probably; I guess
useless resistance; vain struggle
hot spring district (within a town)
changing completely; transformation
cruel; merciless; atrocious; pitiful; tragic; horrible
souvenir store; gift shop
porcelain (esp. soft-paste porcelain); china; chinaware; earthenware; pottery; ceramics
those (near the second person)
objet d'art; item of artwork; object; curio
ceramic tile; ceramic panel; porcelain tile
samue; monk's working clothes
handwork; handcraft; manual labor; manual labour; working with one's hands
exerting care; attention; consideration; thoughtfulness
your house; your home; your husband; your organization; you
to feel goodwill (towards); to wish someone well; to have a strong liking (for); to be emotionally involved
one's husband; one's wife
earthenware; pottery; yakimono; flame-broiled food (esp. fish); tempered blade
pursuit of knowledge; studying; learning; training; completing a course
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
imitation; copy; make-believe; doing something in a way that only superficially resembles the real thing
reason; logic; sense; truth; right