taking refuge; evacuation; backup (of data)
individuality; personality; quirk; idiosyncrasy; character; individual characteristic
plain; unfigured; patternless; solid (color)
sneaker; sneakers; trainers
event; festivities; function; social gathering; auspices; opening
just-harvested; freshly picked; freshly caught (fish); fresh
strange; odd; unusual; eccentric; peculiar
to stand side by side; to stand in a row
unchanged (from long ago); as it was in the past; same old; traditional
goldfish scooping; festival game in which participants try to catch goldfish in a shallow paper ladle
target practice; marksmanship; target shooting (e.g. at a fair)
(intentional) overcharging; rip-off; highway robbery
to extol; to sing the praises of; to celebrate; to declare; to stipulate; to express
guest spending the night (i.e. at a hotel)
trying the food at various restaurants; eating tour; walking while eating; eating while walking
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
nape (of the neck); nucha
okonomiyaki; savoury pancake fried on an iron griddle with vegetables, meat and/or seafood and topped with various sauces and condiments
to be able to reduce the price; to be able to be reduced
katsuobushi; pieces of sliced dried bonito
paper scoop used in goldfish scooping
to wet; to moisten; to dampen; to soak; to dip
used; second-hand; old; Middle Ages (in Japan esp. Heian period)
but; however; although; though
to talk; to call; to invite; to call a geisha or prostitute over
wrong; bad; not allowed; not possible; failing grade
dish made by pouring broth over something (esp. bukkake soba); splashing on; splashing at; bukkake (ejaculation onto someone's face)
sale; sales; selling; marketing
to follow (a rule, precedent, etc.); to conform to (the law, standards, etc.); to be proportionate to; to correspond to; to be equivalent to
to lift (with a crane, ropes, etc.); to raise; to hoist; to manipulate (a price) upward; to (artificially) raise; to push up
to scoop; to ladle out; to trip up (e.g. someone's legs)
drive; trip by car; to (go for a) drive; to go on a trip by car; to drive (e.g. a car); to drive (innovation, change, etc.)
to be equal; to ostentatiously display that one is equal (to)
(thick) scarf; muffler; muffler (for a vehicle exhaust); silencer
dripping; trickling; drop by drop; in drops
recollection; retrospection; reflection; reminiscence
close; intimate; on good terms
under the blazing sun; in sweltering heat