employee; worker; laborer (labourer); blue-collar worker
night watch; night sentry
sleepy; drowsy; somnolent
to rub; to scrub; to scrape
nocturnality; nocturnal habits
labor; labour; toil; trouble; pains; work
to show appreciation for (efforts, esp. by someone of equal or lower status); to thank for; to reward for
to place one's arm around each other's shoulders; to join shoulders
young man; young woman; young people; youth; youngsters
jumbling together; lumping together; mixing up
to melt into; to dissolve into; to merge into; to blend into (surroundings); to fit in; to adapt to
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
tumult; great noise; clatter; hustle and bustle
to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time
it's no big deal; it's no problem; it's nothing to worry about; safe (and sound); all right
inexperienced; unfamiliar (with); unversed; lacking experience
countryside people (in town); visitor from the country; out-of-towner; country bumpkin (visiting the big city); yokel
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers
closing of a gate; (Edo-period) house confinement
someone else's hands; someone else's possession; hand (worker); aide; labor; labour
sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic
public order; public peace; public security; law and order
proximity; nearness; soon; nearby
haste; hurry; expedition; speed; dispatch
stature; height; size; physique
ability; capability; skill
to keep someone from doing; to stop; to prevent; to check; to hinder; to obstruct
one's body alone; having nothing except one's body; just oneself (with no belongings)
interior of the mouth; oral cavity
to speak sharply (e.g. during a heated discussion or argument)
innocent look; nonchalant look; look of ignorance; air of innocence
judging; inspection; examination; investigation; review
row; line; company (of someone); group; sequence; counter for rows
tally; check; piece of wood or paper split in half and given to each party as a form of proof (e.g. of a transaction)
to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check
transforming oneself; taking on another form; disguising oneself; artificial fly (for fishing)
high alert; a state of high alert; on alert
turn (in line); order of things; sequential order
on purpose; deliberately; intentionally
out of necessity; with no other option; perforce; unavoidably; reluctantly; unwillingly