entrance; entering; admission; admittance
full house; no vacancy; sold out; standing room only; full (of people); crowded
spectators; onlookers; members of the audience
relief; mitigation; alleviation; relaxation (of restrictions, tensions, etc.); easing; softening
surroundings; environs; circumference
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
evening; evening (of a special event); last night; yesterday evening
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
shop; store; establishment; restaurant
summer festival; summer matsuri
fireworks display; display of fireworks
many; much; plenty; hardly
business trip; official trip
hurriedly; in a hurry; hastily; sudden; abrupt
establishment; opening; setting up; inauguration
having no choice but to ...; all one can do is ...; there's nothing to do except ...; having nothing but ...; there is only ...; having only ...
group; crowd; flock; herd; bevy; school
to hear; to catch (the sound of something); to hear about (rumour, etc.); to overhear; to get used to hearing
merchant; trader; expert (in a trade or profession); professional; woman working in the nightlife business (bar or nightclub hostess, geisha, etc.); demimondaine
curious personality; nosiness; curiosity; rubbernecking
height; acme; extremity; end; limit
death (of an emperor); demise
self-restraint; voluntary restraint; self-imposed control; self-discipline
reaction; recoil; kick; backlash
front stage; center stage (of politics, etc.)
to speak frankly; to put things bluntly
ten thousand years; eternity; perennial; perpetual
legend; folklore; tradition
festival merrymaking; revelry
since; for the past ... (e.g. ten years); this person; this gentleman
childish; childlike; immature; infantile; puerile
sensible; perceptive; quick to understand; understanding; sympathetic
pitiful; pathetic; painful (to look at)
to stroll about; to saunter; to wander; to dangle; to swing
public performance; exhibition in a foreign country
to peek (through a keyhole, gap, etc.); to look down into (a ravine, etc.); to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.); to sneak a look at; to take a quick look at; to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.); to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.)
direct line; direct communication; connecting directly; through service; nonstop service