old couple; elderly couple
being together; going together; matching (clothing); going together
love birds; sickeningly sweet and soppy couple
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.)
beginning of the year; new year; New Year's call; New Year's greetings
as soon as...; just after...; immediately after...; hurriedly; in haste; quickly
energy; military strength
to agree; to decide upon; to enter into (a contract)
main shrine; inner sanctuary
to clamour; to crowd; to jostle
superheating; overheating
oh well, fine; fine, I guess; alright, I suppose; OK, then
quotient; dealing; dealer; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (China, approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
miko; shrine maiden; young girl or woman (trad. an unmarried virgin) who assists priests at shrines; medium; sorceress; shamaness
to walk about; to walk around; to conduct oneself; to turn up; to brawl (in a play, etc.)
small child; kid; kiddy; tot; rug rat; ankle-biter
going up and down; going back and forth
visitor (to a shrine or temple)
advertising jingle; song used in a commercial
hakama; man's formal divided skirt
(arch.) poor; (arch.) unskillful; (arch.) clumsy; I; me
photography event; photo session; photo shoot
zori; traditional Japanese thonged sandals
to grab attention; to attract notice; to be eye-catching
tempura donburi; tempura served over a bowl of rice; (in comedy) repeating the same gag or silly line
New Year's Eve; end of the year
to concede one is entirely in the wrong (for the sake of argument)
up and down, left and right; top and bottom, left and right
the people; citizens; the populace
water pistol; squirt gun; water gun
two (long cylindrical things)
intercept; interception; counter-attack
large; large-sized; large-scale; big
illegal; illicit; unlawful