in a lively way; vividly; freshly; animatedly; actively; energetically
glitter; glimmer; sparkle; twinkle
fascination; to charm; to fascinate; to mesmerize
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
with a view to marriage; with marriage in mind
sweet and sour; bittersweet
sincerely; earnestly; repeatedly; over and over; again and again
flower basket (or plate) used for flower-scattering rituals
to be born and raised (in); to be born and brought up; to be born and bred
to love; to cherish; to show favouritism to; to be partial to; to fondle; to caress
pair of lovers; girlfriend and boyfriend
affinity; compatibility; chemistry (between people)
personification; impersonation; embodiment
university student; college student
living by oneself; living alone
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
ward; borough; city (in Tokyo); district (e.g. electoral); section; zone (e.g. postal)
convenience; user-friendliness
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
to collect; to gather; to arrange; to put in order; to make uniform; to make even
empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless
regret; flesh, blood vessels and fat from around chicken heart (usu. served as yakitori)
street; quarter; district; area
purple fleshed sweet potato (any one of several different such)
soft serve ice cream (icecream)
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street
warehouse style; house built like a kura, with the walls covered in mud; building a kura storehouse; someone who builds kura storehouses
decorative ridge-end tile (traditionally bearing the face of a demon and resembling a gargoyle); hideous face
(short) curtain hung at shop entrance; split curtain used to divide spaces in a house; reputation (of a store); good name; goodwill
the same as it was long ago; unchanged; traditional
merchant; store; shop; merchant house; merchant family
to extend; to stretch out; to attend; to participate in; to enrol; to enroll