great success; roaring business; busy; packed-out
street stall; stand; booth
to come and go; to go back and forth
light offered to a god or Buddha; votive light
to light (a candle, lamp, etc.); to turn on (a light)
paper-covered lamp or lantern
fantastic; magical; wondrous; whimsical; fairytale-like; romantic
charm; fascination; to charm; to fascinate; to captivate
overlooking; looking down at; having an overhead view; having a bird's-eye view; having a high-angle view
watchtower; observation tower; lookout
prosperity; bustle; activity; crowd; turnout
the rest; the others; in addition (to that); besides that; and so forth; and the like
to benefit; to profit; to gain; to reap rewards
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
to lose (money, etc.); to suffer a loss; to waste (one's time, efforts, etc.); to bring to naught; to feel disappointed (e.g. by missing out on something); to suffer a (perceived) loss
impossible; unthinkable; unbelievable; ridiculous
relocation of the capital; transfer of the capital
to have all the fun; to get the better part of the deal; to get the easy life
natural virtue; personal virtue
someone; a certain person
to tower over the surroundings
fittings that open and close (doors, windows, shoji, fusuma, etc.); fixtures
curtain; act (in a play); falling of the curtain; end (of a scene); end; close; case
to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)
being heard (by others); being overheard; being leaked (of plans, secrets, etc.); going in one ear and out the other
ancestor; forefather; originator; pioneer; grandfather
to decorate; to ornament; to display; to exhibit; to mark (e.g. the day with a victory); to adorn (e.g. the front page)
fat; tallow; lard; grease
to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up
smell; scent; aura; whiff; faint, mist-like pattern along the temper line of a Japanese sword
picturesque; pictorial; graphic
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
hateful; detestable; loathsome
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully
to one's heart's content or satisfaction
laws (of nature); (divine) providence
ancestral; hereditary; handed down from generation to generation; for generations; from generation to generation
to bend by twisting; to twist; to contort; to distort (e.g. the truth); to twist (e.g. someone's words)
scornful laughter; ridicule; derision; sneer
mixed with; mingled with; interspersed with; dashed with; sprinkled with
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)