to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)
lead (in a cheer, toast, song, etc.); (someone's) lead; folk song and dance performed by a group; leader of a group of wind instruments (in gagaku)
to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed
(not) so; (not) particularly; (not) very; (not) that much
notice; attention; observation
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
to be superfluous; to be in excess; to be more than enough
sports ground; sports oval
caves dug as tombs in and around Kamakura during the Kamakura and Muromachi periods
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
large number; innumerable; great many; immense; vast; abundant
to hang; to suspend; to hang oneself; to hoist an opponent off of his feet by his loincloth; to turn upwards (as if being pulled); to be slanted (of eyes)
paper lantern; Chinese lantern; Japanese lantern
outer circumference; perimeter; outskirts; periphery
street stall; stand; booth
yakisoba; fried noodles, usu. with vegetables and meat
deep-fried food (esp. chicken)
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
potato (Solanum tuberosum)
(lit.) yo-yo fishing; Japanese festival game of fishing balloons (with loops attached), floating in water, out with a hook
cart (esp. a food cart); stall; festival float; portable shrine dedicated to a god and shaped like a house; stage prop fashioned after a large building; framework (of a house, etc.)
crowded; packed; crammed; cramped; filled; overflowing
to come and go; to go back and forth
to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter
absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic
to miss (a train, bus, etc.); to fail to keep up with (e.g. the times); to be left behind by
every person; each one; everybody
scar; spasm; twitch; cramp
doing something separately (from the group); going off on one's own
alone; by oneself; on one's own
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
serious look (on one's face); straight face
to accept; to receive; to agree
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
circumference; girth; tour; pilgrimage; circulation (e.g. of blood)
absurd; ridiculous; silly; ludicrous; nonsensical; asinine
root and branch; thoroughly; by the roots; completely; all
absolutely every little bit; everything from A to Z; systematically; thoroughly; one after another