(on the) aisle; aisle seat
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post); to be delivered
merry voices (e.g. of children playing)
northern sea; North Sea; Hokkaido
aeroplane; airplane; aircraft
revolution; rotation; turning; turning (an aircraft or ship)
entry; approach; penetration
to become better; to improve
social dance; ballroom dancing
to be popular (esp. with the opposite sex); to be well liked; to be pampered (spoiled, doted upon, etc.); to be welcomed
sexy; popular; well-liked
shyness; fear of strangers; stranger anxiety
inn with hot spring facilities; hot spring inn; hot spring ryokan; onsen ryokan
to entertain; to make welcome
ryokan; traditional inn; Japanese-style lodging, usu. professionally-run
hot water; hot bath; hot spring; molten iron
to smack one's lips (over a dish); to eat with relish
to be used to eating; to become used to eating; to be accustomed to eating; to acquire a taste for
jingisukan; grilled mutton and vegetable dish; slotted dome cast iron grill (used for jingisukan)
to swell (out); to expand; to be inflated; to get cross; to get sulky; to pout
to lull (a child) to sleep; to put a person to sleep
to congratulate; to celebrate
abandoning (hope, plans); giving up
to pour drinks for each other; to drink together
Kansai; region consisting of Osaka, Kobe, Kyoto and surrounding prefectures; Kansai; south-western half of Japan (during the feudal era)
smuggling; contraband trade
to wet oneself; to be miserly; to be stingy
sixth anniversary of a death
Buddhist memorial service
waitress (in a ryokan or traditional restaurant); hostess
bottled beer; bottle beer
to telephone; to call in; to ring in; to contact by phone
childbirth; delivery; confinement
to lose one's footing; to slip
lower reaches (of a river); bottom; lower part; lower half (of the body, esp. the privates); feces (faeces); end