entertainment district; amusement area; pleasure quarter; red-light district
district; area; zone; quarter; section; region
play; recreation; playing (a sport); play; playing (a musical instrument); musical performance; play (theatrical performance)
prosperity; flourishing; thriving
show tent; circus tent; freak show
looking like a ...; acting as if a ...
to board (a train, plane, etc.); to get into (a car); to get on (a bus); to march into; to enter; to arrive (at, in)
misemono; type of Edo- and Meiji-period side show often held outdoors or in small temporarily erected shacks on temple and shrine grounds; show; exhibition; spectacle
looking for (a suitable thing or person); searching for; hunting out; picking out; shopping around for; searching (a place)
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
transport; transportation; conveyance; carriage
to rekindle one's love; to fall in love again (with a person one has previously been in love with)
lovely; wonderful; charming; enchanting; nice; great
vigilante group; neighborhood watch; self-defense group
to push out; to project; to stick out; to hand over (e.g. to the police)
rustic; unsophisticated; provincial; hick; cornball
to visit and comfort or console; to go to see (e.g. someone in hospital); to ask after (e.g. someone's health); to attack; to hit; to strike
nothing special; no big deal; doesn't matter; nothing to worry about
painful; being sorry; feeling sorry
tea (esp. green or barley); tea break; teatime; tea ceremony
talking in one's sleep; somniloquy; nonsense; gibberish
scrawl; scribble; graffiti; doodle
image; figure; figure; form; image
mischief; prank; mischievous; naughty; pastime; hobby
to tag along; to follow; to tail; to shadow
village headman; village mayor
erudition; extensive learning
(archeological) remains; ruins; relics
key to a solution; first step toward a solution; thread to unravel a mystery
settlement; solution; resolution
library; book storage; stack room; archive (file)
hearsay; learning by hearsay
capture (of enemy territory); taking (by storm); defeating (an opponent); attacking (a problem) strategically; strategy; tactics
law; act; method; mood; dharma; law
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
besides; in addition; also; moreover
clear; transparent; clearing (a high-jump bar, hurdle, etc.); overcoming; getting through; clearing (the ball; in soccer); clearing (e.g. a checked box)