suspension of business; temporary closure (of a store, school, etc.); shutdown; holiday
one's own property; possessions
correction; revision; amendment
composition; construction; formation; makeup; structure; organization
revival (e.g. musical); come-back; restoration; rebirth; resurrection
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
convenient; handy; useful
item; something that one "just has to have"
eye; eyeball; (arch.) pupil and (dark) iris of the eye; (arch.) insight; (arch.) perceptivity; (arch.) look
diffidence; losing one's nerve; feeling awkward; feeling timid; being daunted
bent back; hunchback; stoop
kakishibu; astringent persimmon juice used as a dye or to to treat wood, paper, etc.
deer (esp. the sika deer, Cervus nippon); cervid
(tobacco) pipe with metal tipped stem; cheating on train fare by buying tickets covering only the first and last portions of the journey
to select; to choose; to diagnose (an illness); to judge; to liken to something else; to regard as something else (e.g. to use another person as a mirror); to see someone off
(hard) candy; toffee; rice-sugar; sugar made from the starch of rice, potatoes, etc.; amber; yellowish-brown
to start with the looks; to get the trappings right as the first step; to start (at the wrong end) by focusing on the superficial
hand-me-down; food offering to the gods; leftovers; trip from Kyoto to the provinces
guarantee; security; assurance; pledge; warranty
current; urgent; to confront (an issue); to face (up to something); for the meantime; at present
keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use
sudden; abrupt; unexpected; unforeseen
to run past from behind; to run through (e.g. gate, one's mind)
for the first time in one's life
water's edge; beach; foreshore
to make merry; to frolic; to be in high spirits
to do what one is told to; to take someone's advice; to listen to what someone says
with a slap; with a pop; without batting an eyelid; generously; cutesy suffix applied to names
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
public order; public peace; public security; law and order
loitering; hanging around; wandering around
attack under the cover of darkness; surprise attack; sneak attack
careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate