clear; obvious; evident; bright; light
to create (an atmosphere, feeling, etc.); to produce; to engender
first shrine visit of New Year
nonsense; no meaning; meaningless
translation; version (e.g. "English version")
need not; (not) have to; need not have; need not exist
to get strong; to gain strength
to bring someone happiness; to make someone happy
(one's) consideration; (taking) notice; interest; within the eye
to be taken aback; to be astonished; to be dumbfounded
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
episode; anecdote; vignette
preparation; arrangements
to undo; to untie; to unfasten; to unlace; to unravel; to loosen
waste of time; killing time
to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to
periodic; regular; routine
to invite in; to show someone in
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get
keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use
idly; lazily; aimlessly; evasively; elusively; vaguely
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
trivial; not amounting to much; not a big deal
vague recollection; faint memory
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
funny story; funny anecdote
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
failure story; horror story
details; particulars; detailed; specific; close-up view (of a digitally displayed map); zoomed-in view
open; unconcealed; undisguised; broad; lewd; indecent
to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; means of transportation
to screw; to twist; to distort; to parody; to torture; to wrest
tickling; tickle; joke; gag
unhurriedly; leisurely; slowly; relaxedly; taking one's time