making doubly sure; insurance run (baseball); points scored for good measure
side (esp. of a waterbody); edge; bank; shore
to be reminded of; to call to mind
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
height; acme; extremity; end; limit
program (e.g. TV); programme
lunch; (Western-style) single-plate lunch set; plate lunch; launch (boat); motorboat; ranch
interest (in something); enthusiasm
to wait for an opportunity
with a crunching or grinding sound; quickly; promptly; crispily; crunchily
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
huff!; yo-heave-ho!; heigh-ho; to butter up; to suck up to
to rendezvous; to meet at a prearranged place and time; to arrange to meet
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
Kyoto-Osaka; Kyoto and Osaka
underground train; subway
place for boarding vehicles; bus stop; bus terminal; railway platform; taxi stand; jetty
ticket window; box office; ticket
everything working out as desired
examination of tickets; ticket gate; ticket barrier
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner
rolling stock; railroad cars; wheeled vehicles
cheerfully; buoyantly; happily; in high spirits
head; lead; vanguard; first
(within) the (Tokyo) metropolitan area
only; merely; but; no more than
inside a car (train, bus, etc.)
presumption; assumption; estimation
deep in the mountains; mountain recesses
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
travel; trip; journey; excursion; tour
trembling; getting nervous; excited; thrilled