to fade (of a colour); to grow dull in color (colour); to lose vividness; to lose freshness; to grow stale
December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
nakedness; nudity; bareness; nakedness; being penniless; concealing nothing
foot (of a mountain or hill); bottom; base
Indian summer (around November); mild late autumn weather; mild late fall weather
town; block; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares
urban areas; the streets; town; city
innocent; chaste; naive; pure; unmixed; genuine
Japanese style; light wind; moderate breeze
townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street
between-meal snack; mid-afternoon (around 3 o'clock) snack; afternoon refreshment; afternoon tea
Pocky (biscuit stick coated with chocolate, strawberry, etc.)
eve (esp. Christmas Eve); the night before
chicken; coward; scaredy-cat; chicken
evening meal; dinner; supper
munching; crunching; scratching (an itch)
pushing; backing; boosting; pushing from behind (a cart, etc.); pusher
rule; regulation; settlement; conclusion; habit; custom
visiting a shrine on New Year's Eve and staying there until (or returning on) New Year's Day
local rule; house rule; ground rule
first shrine visit of New Year
New Year's Eve; December 31
row; line; company (of someone); group; sequence; counter for rows
to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)
ending; conclusion; join; union; knot; knotting
study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science
contrived; false-sounding
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
fish-shaped pancake filled with bean jam
(my) wife; inside the home; one's family
commuting to school; school commute
precipitous; rugged; inaccessible; grim; severe; stern
unnecessary; not needed; not necessary
with ... as a start; taking advantage of; inspired by