influential; powerful; popular; prosperous; doing well
green tract of land; green space
tightrope walking; high-wire act; funambulism; treading a tightrope; walking on thin ice; pulling a risky balancing act
first shrine visit of New Year
to encamp; to take up positions
the whole town; all over the town; throughout the town
strange; unfamiliar; unknown
stuffing; packing; end (esp. the foot of a bridge); lowest-ranking guest at tea ceremony; tea master; endgame (esp. in shogi or used figuratively); sweet eel sauce
something or other; anything
comfortable (to live in); snug; cozy; cosy
to be embarrassed; to lose face
to follow advice; to act upon advice
in the prefecture; prefectural
to begin (emphatically); to launch; to embark on
Otoko Wa Tsurai Yo (long-running series of Japanese comedy movies)
to listen attentively to; to be lost in
to feel the heat; to suffer from the heat; to complain of the heat; to swelter
dry; dried out; juiceless; barely; just
to lay out a futon; to make a bed
(photographic) fixing solution
joining surface; bonding plane; adherend
cigarette end; cigarette butt; tobacco ashes
occupancy (rate); share (e.g. of market)
to sink (into); to get depressed
suited figure; person in a suit
combustible waste; burnable rubbish
visit for no reason; go on fool's errand
bitter orange (Citrus aurantium); sour orange; Seville orange; orange (color, colour)
delivery to the wrong house or person (email, postal items, etc.); false notification; mistaken notification; notifying somebody incorrectly
finger marks; dirt from the hands
to gouge out; to cut out; to scoop out; to bring to light; to reveal
karate chop (pro wrestling move)
to re-cover; to reupholster; to repaper; to renew (e.g. a plaster)