to warm (e.g. one's hands over a fire); to dry; to toast; to grill; to broil
celebration; auspicious occasion
to walk with; to make someone tag along; to carry around (esp. a child); to carry about
Shinto shrine precincts; holy precincts; sanctuary
serving concurrently as; holding the additional post of
unconditionally; as a rule
festival; feast; carnival
to allot; to allocate; to supply with; to furnish; to fit to; to fasten to
to follow; to come along with one; to accompany
to be accustomed to traveling (travelling)
preparations for a journey
program (e.g. theatre, theater); programme; (theatrical) piece; number; performance
stage (theatre, theater); scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)
to grab attention; to attract notice; to be eye-catching
preface; introduction; preamble
quietly; softly; seriously; solemnly; sadly
Okinawa (city, prefecture)
to give an impression; to make an impression
one of these days; someday; one day
spectators; onlookers; members of the audience
route (bus, train, air, etc.); line; line (taken by a group, organization, etc.); policy; course
writing songs or poems; poem
big craze; boom; popular trend; widespread contagion; large outbreak
enka; traditional-style Japanese popular ballad
feature (e.g. newspaper); special edition; report
television; TV; TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast
perilous pass (on a route or journey); rough spot
singing voice; (sound of) singing
normally being cold but at some prompt suddenly becoming lovestruck; hot-cold personality type
quintessential enka; enka with age-old lyrical themes set to a haunting traditional-style melody
hiding one's embarrassment
Europe and America; the West
ghostleg lottery; ladder lottery; lottery in which participants trace a line across a lattice pattern to determine the winner