department store; department
coming and going; traffic; road; street; association; socializing
to intensify; to be excited; to fly into a rage; to dash against; to encourage
(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
white background; blank; female virgin
light blue; pale blue; aqua
cool; cool-looking; refreshing to look at
wheat straw; barley straw
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
performer; entertainer; celebrity
to weigh on one's mind; to bother one; to be interested (in); to be curious (about); to feel like (doing); to feel inclined to
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
to suit; to match; to become; to be like
batsu game; punishment given to the loser of a game or contest
only; merely; but; no more than
one day; all day (long); throughout the day; first day of the month
time; season; period; phase; stage
happiness; blessedness; luck; luckily; fortunately
surroundings; environs; circumference
movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
obsession; fixation; complaining; criticizing; speciality (e.g. of restaurants)
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
going to and fro; back and forth
meanwhile; in the meantime
in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly; hazily; with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
body; physical system; (the) person
true feelings; real intention; one's heart; one's right mind; one's senses; one's conscience
already; now; no longer; not any more
unpredictability; element of surprise
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
to be helpful; to be useful
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
to lose one's way; to get lost; to waver; to hesitate; to give into temptation; to lose control of oneself
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)