to break off; to come to an end; to be interrupted; to be cut short; to pause
cart (esp. a food cart); stall; festival float; portable shrine dedicated to a god and shaped like a house; stage prop fashioned after a large building; framework (of a building)
to cover; to bury (e.g. one's face in hands); to submerge; to fill (completely); to stuff; to pack
row; line; group (of peers); ranks (of); sequence; series (taxonomic rank)
end (e.g. of a line); tail end; rear; backmost part
(looking around) restlessly; (looking) all around; goggling
to look out over; to survey (scene); to take an extensive view of
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
first shrine visit of the New Year
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
middle of the night; dead of night
even though; despite; when
visitor (to a shrine or temple)
to drift; to float; to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air; to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood); to wander; to walk around aimlessly
aroma; fragrance; scent; smell
to lose sight of (one's companions); to stray from; to miss (one's chance to ...)
at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current
to lean coquettishly against; to snuggle into; to nestle into
to smell sweet; to be fragrant
putting in an appearance; visiting; coming to the surface; appearing; showing one's face (on TV, social media, etc.); face reveal
to give a warning; to remind (a person) of; (lit.) to drive in a nail
mental fatigue; worry; boredom
to take (someone to a place); to take (someone) with one; to take along; to lead away
greeting the New Year (on New Year's Eve); welcoming the New Year
end; finish; bound; limit; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
year-end and New Year holidays (e.g. from December 29 to January 3)
declaration; proclamation; announcement
frank; candid; frankfurter; frank
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
spring break; spring vacation
to move forward; to move on
megaphone; bullhorn; loudhailer
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
official in charge; person in charge
to advance (spatially); to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to move ahead (e.g. of work); to intensify
beginning of the year; early in the New Year
early evening (usu. from 3pm to 6pm); dusk
fluent (in a language); flowing
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
being heard (by others); being overheard; being leaked (of plans, secrets, etc.); going in one ear and out the other
visit (to a shrine, grave, etc.); worship
as soon as ...; just after ...; immediately after ...; hurriedly; in haste; quickly