fire built in an iron basket (watch fire, fishing fire, etc.); bonfire; campfire; (arch.) brothel-keeper (Edo period)
to burn; to kindle; to heat (a bath); to light (a stove); to use (a camera flash)
wrong (guess or estimate); misdirected; irrelevant; off the point
having; holding; wear; durability; shouldering (an expense); being responsible (for paying)
to tower over the surroundings
ominous; sinister; (arch.) annoying; (arch.) appearing to be true; (arch.) plausible
protection; safeguard; shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)
to watch for an unguarded moment
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
to throw off (clothes); to cast off; to fling off; to cast off (old ideas, habits, etc.); to discard
to become frayed; to become loose
long hair (usu. of a man)
to grovel; to go down on one's hands and knees
to be scattered about; to disperse; to be littered (with)
to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
group; bunch; crowd; group
fear; dread; fright; terror; trepidation; panic
to flicker; to glimmer; to flit; to fall lightly (snow, rain)
that's good; that's nice; like (on social media); is that clear?; OK?
gold (Au); golden; prosperous; money (esp. ōban coin); cash
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex
red; red color; communist; socialist; left-wing
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
deep (hole, forest, snow, etc.); dense (e.g. fog); thick (e.g. weeds, woods); close (e.g. relationship); deep (involvement); intense (e.g. longing, flavor); severe
to scatter away; to blast away; to blow away (via explosion)
to open one's eyes wide (as in fear or anger); to faint
burn; scald; (fig.) getting one's fingers burned (e.g. poor investment, mixing with the wrong people)
dispersal; breaking up; running away; fleeing
to carry (a child) on one's back; to piggyback; (arch.) to take on (a job, responsibility, etc.)
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
to get better; to get well; to recover (from an illness); to be cured; to be restored; to heal
to carry on one's back; to be burdened with; to take responsibility for; to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something); to be conceited
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
city at night; town at night; streets at night; nightlife district; drinking district
downtown high-rise area; street of office buildings; area of medium to tall business buildings
center; centre; metropolis
elevated (structure); overhead
switching on and off (of a light); flashing; blinking; flickering
signal; signalling; signaling; traffic light; traffic signal
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
earth; ground; the solid earth; the (vast) land
night air; stillness of night; cool evening
to soak into; to sink into; to seep into; to permeate