nightless gay quarters; nightless city
ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
to dazzle one's eyes; to hold one's gaze; to fascinate; to captivate
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
the public; the street (e.g. "word on the street"); street; district; location (e.g. of a battle); scene (e.g. of carnage)
pleasure; supreme pleasure obtained by freeing oneself from earthly desires
low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)
bustling; busy; crowded; lively (party, voices, etc.); loud; noisy
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
to shoot (arrow, bolt, dart)
to get drunk; to become intoxicated; to feel sick (e.g. in a vehicle); to become nauseated; to be elated; to be exalted
group; bunch; crowd; group
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to pair with; to pair up; to pair off
nevertheless; at any rate; even so; all things considered; be that as it may
unwillingly; reluctantly; against one's will
to bloom; to flower; to blossom; to open
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
to become quiet; to quiet down; to quieten down; to calm down; to die down; to subside
to flicker; to quiver; to waver; to sway
one-by-one; separately; in detail
round; circular; curved; smooth; harmonious; calm
to gather in a circle; to form a circle
to run (of liquid); to spread; to blur; to blot; to ooze; to well up (of tears, etc.)
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
to lie on top of each other; to overlap; to pile up
dreamlike; dreamy; phantasmagorical
to be forced to do or experience something (against one's will); to be forced to do something because one has no other choice
disposition; temperament; temper; nature
very much; intensely; overwhelmingly; excessively; irresistibly; without any obvious reason
attack; offence; dominant partner of a homosexual relationship; a barrage of; a flood of
to spoil someone's start; to kill someone's enthusiasm; to take the wind out of someone's sails
whether one likes it or not; inevitably; unavoidably; compulsorily; by force
to escape from; to get out
right in the midst of; right at the height of
to be caught in a trap (snare, etc.); to fall for (a trick, ambush, etc.)