front of (the main building of) a shrine
(hard) candy; toffee; rice-sugar; sugar made from the starch of rice, potatoes, etc.; amber; yellowish-brown
to establish a school of; to make a home of one's own
red and white; colours for festive or auspicious occasions (colors); two teams; two groups; Kōhaku Uta Gassen; annual contest between male and female popular singers on New Year's Eve (sponsored and broadcast by NHK)
coming and going; traffic; road; street; association; socializing
coming and going; keeping in touch; visiting each other; street traffic; highway
paper store; paper merchant; paper seller; paper maker
to pay; to be profitable; to pull against each other
where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually
neighbourhood; neighborhood
thirteenth day of the month; thirteen days
Gion (entertainment district in Kyoto)
imitative sound (in film, theatre, etc.); sound effect
to cease; to stop; to be over
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
argument; discussion; theory (e.g. of evolution); doctrine; essay; treatise
policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle
to take (trouble); to attend (to business); to command (army)
in order to; for the purpose of; must; should
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
suspension of business; temporary closure (of a store, school, etc.); shutdown; holiday
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
early on; earlier on; from early
sliding door (esp. when removed from its frame and used for carrying things or people); large flounder
(those) who are; (that) which is; in the capacity of
to take out; to carry out; to bring out from where it belongs; to mention something; to broach a topic; to bring up (a subject)
to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around
in addition; furthermore; above (which); on top of (which)
food and drink; eating and drinking
sudden; abrupt; impromptu skit; bandwagon fan; fair-weather fan
to rank with; to rank among
seat; bench; temporary job while looking for a better job or until one marries
plank used to dry wet clothes or paper
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
small businessman; petty trader
to recognise; to recognize; to know by sight; to become acquainted with
greengrocer; fruit and vegetable shop
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
to bend; to curve; to turn; to be awry; to be askew
to encamp; to take up positions