arrangements; preparations
in the meanwhile; during the time
handsome youth (male); pretty boy
bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
to dance (orig. a hopping dance)
match; game; bout; contest
street at night; making a night journey
article; item; quality; flirtatiousness; coquetry
travellers' inn; stage inn
accompanied by a woman; accompanied by women
to banter; to make fun of; to cool; to refrigerate; to window-shop; to look at without buying
to cool (from room temperature); to chill; to calm down; to cool off; to be frightened (at); to be scared (of)
oceanic noise; rumbling of the sea; mistpouffer
to launch; to shoot up; (of waves) to dash; to wash up (ashore); to finish (e.g. a theater run, sumo tournament); to close
to be choked; to be stifled; to be smothered
had better ...; had better not ...
passerby; pedestrian; foot passenger
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
house; dwelling; human habitation
sleep; sleeping; inactivity; death
crane (any bird of the family Gruidae, esp. the red-crowned crane, Grus japonensis)
rainfall; snowfall; alighting; descending
to lessen; to decrease; to diminish
here and there; in places
dawn; daybreak; event (e.g. "in the event of ..."); occasion; occurrence
side of the road; roadside
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
traveller; traveler; wayfarer; tourist
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
carefree; buoyant; lighthearted; ease
to rub; to chafe; to wear out; to become worn; to lose one's innocence; to become sly
to air; to dry; to drain (off); to drink up; to deprive of a role, job, etc.
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to