to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)
hot spring area; hot spring district
deserted (esp. store, market, town, streets); quiet; inactive (business, trade, etc.); slack; idle; free
to take on a role; to take part
departure (of a train, car, etc.); starting; leaving
roofed mud wall around a villa or temple
talking about memories; reminiscences
pushing; support; backing; pushing from behind (a cart, etc.); pusher
to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
to transfer (trains); to change (bus, train); to change (to another ideology, party, company, etc.); to switch (to a different system, method, etc.); to move on to (e.g. a new love interest)
echo; reverberation; spirit of a tree; tree spirit
south side of a mountain; Sanyo district
Kyūshū (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)
direct connection; direct link
Izumo (former province located in the east of present-day Shimane Prefecture)
grand shrine; famous shrine; Izumo Grand Shrine
Takamatsu (city in Kagawa)
Shikoku (smallest of the four main islands of Japan)
Kagawa Prefecture (Shikoku)
middle of the night; dead of night
literally; to the letter; literal
connection; linking; joining; coupling; attaching; junction
conclusive evidence; positive proof; definite proof; confirmation
railroad; railway; rail transport
trust (in); confidence; faith; reliance
ticket (for bus, train, etc.); passenger ticket; basic fare ticket (not valid on limited express trains without a supplemental express ticket)
(train) station attendant; station employee; station staff
without hesitation; with great optimism; (pushing or pulling) strongly; (drinking) heavily
no, not like that (but like this)
detour; circuitous route; diversion
if that's the case ...; if so ...; that being the case ...
halting (speech); faltering; stammering
depths; deep place; bottom (of one's heart)
to take a fancy to something; to be moved; to feel inclined to
to be oversized (overloud, etc.)
quiver; quaver; flutter; statistical fluctuation