entrance; front door; entryway; entranceway; entry hall; vestibule
distance; journey; itinerary; path (e.g. to one's goal); way; process
soba noodles eaten at night on New Year's Eve
noodles with duck meat and Welsh onions
to picture; to come into one's mind; to remember
eyes; expression of the eyes; area around the eyes; skin round one's eyes
to begin to open; to come out; to smile broadly; to come apart at the seams (clothes)
shiruko; sweet red-bean soup with mochi
rice cakes; pounded mochi rice
counter for articles; counter for military units; individual
to bear; to stand; to restrain; to control; to forgive; to put up with
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
ready-made goods; off-the-shelf item
mochi; (sticky) rice cake
freshly pounded (rice cake)
karuta; traditional Japanese playing cards
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
with a friendly grin; smilingly
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
road approaching a shrine
in the same way as; just like
quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful
to be crowded with people; to be bustling with; to prosper; to flourish; to do thriving business
grounds (esp. of shrines and temples); compound; churchyard; precincts
visitor (to a shrine or temple)
row; line; company (of someone); group; sequence; counter for rows
turn (in line); order of things; sequential order
number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout
visit (to a shrine, grave, etc.); worship
intimate friend; close friend; bosom buddy; chum
wish; dream; prayer; one's desire
to pass (of time); to elapse
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
what is it (that); the meaning of something; what something is about
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
fortune slip (usu. bought at a shrine)