to state; to express; to say; to tell; to mention
art gallery (esp. artworks for sale); picture gallery
secondhand bookshop; antiquarian bookshop
to be erected; to be built
place; position; location; position; standing; status
to push on; to plunge forward; to push one's way to
to tag along; to follow; to tail; to shadow
crowding together; clustering together; close formation; swarm
municipal office; council; city hall
gap; opening; spare moment; interval; unguarded moment; carelessness
Gion Festival (in Kyoto during the month of July, with high point on the 17th)
mikoshi; portable Shinto shrine carried through the streets during festivals; lower back; waist; hips
to send (someone) back; to send (someone) home
festival celebrating the return of a shintai to its main shrine
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
that well-known ...; the one and only ...; that; those; the
certain; one; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
coarse anko; coarse sweet red bean paste
raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); raw; live (i.e. not recorded)
over-the-counter sales; selling over the counter
buying and eating sweets (esp. of children); between-meal snacking
excellent sweet; confection of an established name
duck; easy mark; sucker; sitting duck
the other side of a river; the other side of the tracks; place where lower class people live
Ginkakuji (Silver Pavilion in Kyoto)
Sanjusangen-dō (temple in Kyōto)
Metropolis (of Tokyo); (Tokyo) Metropolitan District; counter for cities and towns; capital
whole; entirety; to begin with; in the first place; ... the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?")
to not understand; to not (quite) know; to be unsure; to be unable to tell
along; parallel to; in accordance with
to fill to capacity; to pack; to complete; to tessellate
remains; traces; (the sorrow of) parting; end
Azuchi-Momoyama period (approx. 1558-1600)
thousand years; millennium; (fig.) long time
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
at that time; in those days
coming and going; keeping in touch; visiting each other; street traffic; highway