festival game in which participants try to catch goldfish in a shallow paper ladle
target practice; marksmanship; target shooting (e.g. at a fair)
rip-off; unfair overcharging; clip joint
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
miss; failure; blank (e.g. lottery ticket)
to extol; to sing the praises of; to celebrate; to declare; to stipulate; to express
guest spending the night (i.e. at a hotel)
moderate (degree); proper (amount); temperate; suitable
trying the food at various restaurants; eating tour; walking while eating; eating while walking
comfortable; easy; calm; loose; spacious
by all means; no matter what; at any rate
restlessly; hurriedly; agitatedly; fidgeting
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
particularly; only; in the case of
to beg; to pester; to plead; to coax; to hound; to importune
bachelorhood; spinsterhood; celibacy; living apart from one's family; living alone; person who lives alone
(not so) much; (not) very
to be conspicuous; to stand out
in search of; in order to look for
(public) notice; attention; public eye; public gaze
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
to throw oneself (into an activity)
guilty (feeling, conscience, look, etc.); (feeling) uneasy
to look out over; to survey (scene); to take an extensive view of
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
to catch sight of; to come into view; to happen to see
society; the world; the times
nape (of the neck); nucha
fleeting (glimpse, glance, etc.)
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
okonomiyaki; savoury pancake containing meat or seafood and vegetables
katsuobushi; small pieces of sliced dried bonito
to feel hot; to flush; to burn
to bear; to stand; to endure; to put up with
winding; meandering; zigzagging; zig-zag; in twists and turns; sinuously
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof