second day of the month; two days
just past noon; afternoon
to hold; to carry; to embrace (in one's arms)
chief; main; principal; major
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
provincial city; provincial town; suburban city; regional towns and cities
all people; everybody; ten thousand people
nucleus; backbone; medium-level; mid-level; main body (of troops); crack troops
scale; scope; plan; structure
east and west; Orient and Occident; East and West; ladies and gentlemen!; your attention, please!
site; point on a map; spot
function; facility; faculty; feature
home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
memories; recollections; reminiscence
townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
left side; left-hand side
to encourage; to cheer; to raise (the voice)
local specialty; local special dish
to yield oneself (to something); to devote oneself (to something); to surrender oneself (to something)
trying the food at various restaurants; eating tour; walking while eating; eating while walking
time around sunset; early evening
smartly dressed; stylish; someone smartly dressed; to dress up; to be fashionable
café; cafe; coffeehouse; hostess bar (serving western alcoholic beverages; Taisho and Showa period)
starting to work in a shop; joining a shop as an employee; going inside a shop; opening up a shop (in a building, etc.)
-clad; in the midst of; tenths (e.g. wholesale price, as tenths of retail price); times (i.e. multiplied by); able-to-seat (of a chair, etc.)
seat at a table; place at a table
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
abdomen; belly; womb; one's mind; one's real intentions; courage; nerve
to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain
diet; losing weight by any method (e.g. exercise)
to be smeared; to be covered
change; conversion; transformation; transformation
to put on weight; to gain weight; to grow fat; to get stout
completely; entirely; nonchalantly; as if nothing happened