public square; square; plaza; open space; clearing
to be crowded with people; to be bustling with; to prosper; to flourish; to do thriving business
to go out; to go around; to walk about; to roam
to burn; to kindle; to heat (a bath); to light (a stove); to use (a camera flash)
fire built in an iron basket (watch fire, fishing fire, etc.); bonfire; campfire; (arch.) brothel-keeper (Edo period)
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
to shine on; to illuminate; to compare (with); to refer to
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
counter for buildings (esp. houses); suffix for a pen name, stage name, etc.
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
pension; guesthouse; bed and breakfast; private home providing lodging for travelers (travellers)
alley; alleyway; teahouse garden; path through a gate (or through a garden, etc.)
to include (in a group or scope); to instruct; to make one understand; to include (a nuance); to put in (an implication); to put in (someone's) mouth
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it
(short) rest; breather; break
near; close by; within reach; familiar
to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in
feather decoration; plume
exaggerated; bombastic; highly colored; highly coloured
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
to get tired; to tire; to become worn out (of a well-used object); (arch.) to starve
to pull into; to draw in; to bring in; to win over
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
to go to bed; to go to sleep; to fall asleep; to be laid up (with a cold); to be ill in bed
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
to be lit (e.g. candle, lamp, light bulb); to be lighted; to be burning
one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point
to gulp down (a drink); to slurp
upper floor; upstairs; top of the stairs
sound of footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
piece; fragment; one (object)
by myself; in person; by oneself
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
to subsist; to keep on living
mistress; kept woman; concubine
seductive; carnal; troubling; difficult; anxious; uneasy
that's the way it is; such is life
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)