candy; sweet; confectionary
to burn; to scorch; to char; to singe
odour; odor; scent; aura; whiff; smacks of ...
cancellation; liquidation; resolution; reduction (e.g. of stress)
to raise; to lift; to boost; to enhance
to the best of one's meager ability; the little help one can be; though my help might not be worth much
maximum; to the maximum degree; to the full
guide; tour guide; conductor; guidebook
to be filled with strength; to be filled with effort; to be enthusiastic about; to be tired (ironic)
to go under; to pass under; to dive (into or under the water); to evade; to get around; to survive
small hill; low hill; hillock
halfway up (down) a mountain; mountainside
(flight of) stone steps; stone stairway
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
football pitch; soccer field
grounds (esp. of shrines and temples); compound; churchyard; precincts
to be crowded with people; to be bustling with; to prosper; to flourish; to do thriving business
target practice; marksmanship; target shooting (e.g. at a fair)
festival game in which participants try to catch goldfish in a shallow paper ladle
cotton candy; fairy floss; candy floss
yakisoba; fried noodles, usu. with vegetables and meat
takoyaki; octopus dumplings
standard item; usual thing; (a) classic; basic item (with stable demand); staple goods
to make a display of one's originality (eccentricity); to deliberately act oddly (e.g. to get attention)
name of store; trade name (esp. of a sole proprietorship); stage name (e.g. of actor)
(emotional) tension; anxiety; (highness of) spirits; (good) mood; tension; tensile strength
rising rapidly (e.g. prices, popularity); soaring; skyrocketing; going through the roof
to disdain; to look down on; to make light of; to hold in contempt; to scorn; to despise
comparatively; quite; rather
success; prosperity; boom
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
strange; unfamiliar; unknown; unfamiliarity; strangeness; stranger
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
to pass (by) each other; to brush past; to miss (meeting) each other; to fail to meet; to be at odds; to clash
deeply; keenly; severely; intently; carefully; closely
way; method; means; effect; result; benefit
street stall; stand; booth
passage; pathway; roadway; avenue; aisle
scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops