bewilderment;  perplexity;  embarrassment;  discomfiture;  bafflement
 to shake and untangle;  to shake free from
 busy place;  busy street;  place that's always bustling with people;  amusement quarters
 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.)
 to have one cup of sake after another
 aloneness;  loneliness;  solitude
 in the company of;  accompanied by ...;  as a group comprising ...;  likes of ...
 presence;  sitting with;  being with
 serious;  honest;  sober;  grave;  earnest;  steady
 to tease;  to make fun of;  to poke fun at;  to make a crack about;  to chaff;  to kid
 comrade in arms;  war buddy;  fellow soldier
 not all bad;  not as dissatisfied (or annoyed) as one would have others believe
 flurried;  flustered;  upset;  nervous;  embarrassed
 to be bewildered;  to be perplexed
 street stall;  stand;  booth
 to banter;  to make fun of;  to cool;  to refrigerate;  to window-shop;  to look at without buying
 house;  residence;  family;  household;  lineage;  family name
 to suit;  to match;  to become;  to be like
 to complain;  to make a complaint
 to meet;  to encounter;  to see;  to have an accident;  to have a bad experience
 lonely;  lonesome;  solitary;  desolate
 to model on;  to make in the shape of;  to represent;  to symbolise
 many;  much;  plenty;  hardly
 pretty;  lovely;  clean;  clear;  completely;  entirely
 two sheets (pieces) (of paper)
 to become dull;  to become lifeless;  to get bored;  to lose interest;  to lose value after a peak (e.g. stock);  to weaken (of the market)
 to offer (a suggestion, etc.);  to propose (an idea, etc.);  to approach with (a proposal, etc.)
 three flat objects (sheets of paper, pieces of cloth, etc.);  cutting a fish into two boneless fillets and a piece with the skeleton
 to be troubled;  to have difficulty;  to be bothered;  to be inconvenienced;  to be badly off;  to be hard up
 fluent (in a language);  flowing
 to trick;  to cheat;  to deceive;  to coax;  to wheedle;  to soothe and humor (humour)
 to look out over;  to survey (scene);  to take an extensive view of
 public square;  square;  plaza;  open space;  clearing
 handrail;  railing;  banister
 to prepare;  to provide;  to set up;  to establish;  to organize
 more;  much more;  step;  rung;  paragraph;  passage
 step;  stair;  grade;  rank;  counter for breaks in written language (or speech, etc.);  dan