Wednesday; shaved ice (served with flavored syrup); water (fifth of the five elements)
association; fellowship; change (of season, year, etc.)
complete; completion; perfection; accomplishment
charred; burnt black; scorched black
unevenness; roughness; ruggedness; inequality; imbalance; unevenness
ruins of a fire; fire-devastated area
synthetic building material
rebar; (iron) reinforcing bar; reinforcing steel; reinforced concrete
making; producing; appearance (attire, make-up, etc.); build; physique; sashimi
edifice; monumental architecture; huge building
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
kabuki troupe; kabuki theater (theatre); Kabuki-za (theatre in Tokyo)
ruins (of a building, town, etc.); remains
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
state; condition; circumstances; sight; spectacle
usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally
skillfully; admirably; really well; excellently
Odaiba (artificial island in Tokyo Bay)
to command a view; to look out over (onto, across, etc.); to overlook
low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)
mound; heap; hillock; burial mound; tomb; tumulus
here and there; little by little; sporadically; dots; spots
Mount Fuji; Mt. Fuji; Fujiyama; Fuji-san
Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo
big craze; boom; popular trend; widespread contagion; large outbreak
Edo-period Shinto sect dedicated to the worship of Mt. Fuji
here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up
artificial; man-made; human work; human skill; artificiality
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
from one's seat; without stirring
man (esp. one who is well-respected); samurai; person (in a certain profession, esp. licensed); member
to taste; to savor; to appreciate; to enjoy; to experience; to go through
tourist resort; holiday resort
to tailor; to make (clothing); to train; to bring up; to make it seem like; to pass off
re-; again; repeated; deutero-; deuto-; deuter-
fashion; trend; vogue; prevalence (of a disease); epidemic