ticket reseller; shop where one can buy and sell gift certificates, coupons, travel and concert tickets, etc.
blue line; area around a red-light district where illegal prostitution occurred (marked on police maps by a blue line) (1940s-1956); non-legal public waterway (denoted by a blue line on cadastral maps; sometimes no longer physically existing)
to wheedle a person into doing something; to carry a portable shrine
nyctophobia; fear of the dark; scotophobia
dirt cheap; very cheap; worthless; lot (in a sale)
empty-handed; unarmed; lacking funds
ready-built house; built-for-sale house
dark circles around the eyes; periorbital dark circles
to be found out; to be seen through; to be exposed; to come to light; to be revealed
non-inflammables; incombustible (usu. waste)
hornet; yellow jacket; wasp (of subfamily Vespinae); Asian giant hornet (Vespa mandarinia); yak-killer hornet
authorized absence; permission of absence from class(es)
development; revitalization; standing (something) up; waking up; tilling a rice field; drawing a card from the draw pile
school for the handicapped; special school
to get on the wrong vehicle (bus, train, etc.)
to return home loaded with honors; to return as a hero; (lit.) to put on fine clothes
local program; local programme
setting aside; leaving to one side
quilt coverlet for a kotatsu; kotatsu quilt
(short) run; drive; ride; spin
toll parking lot; toll car park
to get stuck in; to be mired in; to be addicted to
holy moly; holy cow; whoa; wow
walking around at night; night travel; night train
being still half asleep; being half awake; being not yet quite awake
A Dark Night's Passing (novel by Shiga Naoya)
dogcatcher; person who used to catch dogs and execute them for rabies prevention
slime; sliminess; mucus; viscous liquid
shepherd's song; pastoral poem; pastoral song; pastoral