social life; social intercourse
decorative curtain hung from the ceiling; tent; pavilion; marquee
around the world; throughout the world
stomach; breadbasket; inner man; dietary needs
festival merrymaking; revelry
quite; utterly; really; completely
to be tired of; to be sick of; to get fed up with
in succession; one after another
jostling; milling about; crush; packed with (activities, products, etc.); teeming with; chock-full of
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
following (e.g. someone's opinion); being servile to; adherence; compliance; emulation; mimicking
getting a lump in one's throat; overflowing with feelings; chest full of; lungs full of
to go through; to pass through; to get through; to cut across
reflection; reverberation; reflex; reflexes
with a smooth, unhindered motion; speedily and without delay
lukewarm; tepid; half-hearted; vague; lenient; mild
nagging; faultfinding; carping; captious
challenging (an unknown person); asking a person's identity
insolent fellow; rude fellow
bathing (swimming) in cold water
to act timid (about doing); to show diffidence; to feel ashamed; to feel guilty
to leave; to depart; to take one's leave
to be taken aback; to be astonished; to be dumbfounded
eldest son (may be the only son); first-born son
to give a glance (at); to take one look at
beach; seashore; captured pieces (in the game of go); captured stones; Yokohama; (arch.) riverbank
whistling (wind); blowing; fluttering (in the wind); waving; staggering; tottering
vague; fuzzy; elusive; slippery
to feel ashamed; to be abashed
single edge (e.g. sword blade)