ballad; folk song; popular song
to compose (a Japanese poem); to write; to use as the theme of a poem; to recite (e.g. a poem); to chant; to intone
barrier; checkpoint; checking station
old-fashioned; archaic; antique; antiquated
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
hooting; jeering; heckling
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
haze (esp. in spring); mist; dimness (of sight)
style; way; shape; form; appearance; state
Kaga (former province located in the south of present-day Ishikawa Prefecture)
Kanazawa (city in Ishikawa)
1,000,000; one million; million; many
line; queue; procession; matrix
forever; endlessly; on and on; meandering; wandering; winding
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
to call; to invite; to eat; to drink; to put on; to wear; to ride
round coin with a (square) hole in the center; coin made of non-precious materials; money
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do
to call out; to ask someone to come
dusk; twilight; twilight years; melancholia; melancholic nostalgia
reward; recompense; tip; conveyance charge; packhorse charge
one after another; in rapid succession
one after another; in succession; in a row
begging Zen priest of the Fuke sect (wearing a sedge hood and playing a shakuhachi flute)
shakuhachi; end-blown fippleless bamboo flute; blow job; fellatio
busy; hurried; confused; flurried
shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable
way one walks; one's walk
quickly; calmly; intently
rapidly (e.g. progress, moving forward); growing visibly; quickly; steadily; by leaps and bounds
(musical) time; tempo; beat; the moment; the instance; chance
casual; unconcerned; nonchalant
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
carefree; optimistic; careless; reckless; heedless; happy-go-lucky
profound; deep; deep (of a cave, etc.); innermost; interior