racing form; racing (news)paper
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
drunkenness; intoxication; motion sickness; travel sickness
to awaken; to arouse from sleep; to bring to one's senses; to disabuse (someone of); to sober up; to dampen
glass (drinking vessel); glass (material); glasses (eyewear)
to get up (from sitting); to stand up; to (finally) start to do something; to get off one's backside; to take action
to stagnate; to settle (at the bottom); to deposit; to become sluggish; to become dull; to be delayed
while; during (the time when)
fire festival (often celebrating the absence of fires); New Year's ritual at Izumo Shrine; festival involving fire dedicated to the gods
to head home; to leave for home
town originally built around a temple or shrine
police officer; policeman; constable
guidance; leading; induction; introduction; incitement; inducement
tumult; great noise; clatter; hustle and bustle
load; baggage; cargo; burden; responsibility
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex
oshizushi; sushi rice and other ingredients pressed in box or mould (mold)
if that's the case ...; if so ...; that being the case ...
souvenir store; gift shop
fire built in an iron basket (watch fire, fishing fire, etc.); bonfire; campfire; (arch.) brothel-keeper (Edo period)
reverberation; swelling (of a hymn); lingering memory; aftertaste; suggestiveness (of a book, poem, etc.)
half; 50%; tie; 5 parts; 5%
traffic restrictions; traffic control
asphalt road; blacktop; tarmac road
street at night; making a night journey
to go to see (something, someone); to visit
how (beautiful, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
but; however; provided that
point in common; common term; common trait; common denominator
running away from home; elopement; (arch.) outing; (arch.) going out; (arch.) becoming a Buddhist monk; (arch.) entering the priesthood
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
one's heart; one's mind; one's intentions
indiscriminate shooting; random shooting; firing blindly
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction