energy; vigour; vigor; liveliness; spirit; life
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
gap; break; pause; interval; cut; incision
various; a variety of; all kinds of; many; diverse
shop; small store; business; firm
wandering people; nomadic tribe
party; group; crew; company (of troops); corps; unit
passerby; pedestrian; foot passenger
how much; how many; what amount; what extent
tossing a coin (to a street performer or beggar); tossed coin; (online) tipping; tip; donation
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)
shopping district; shopping street; downtown
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
basket (shopping, etc.); hamper; cage
to peek (through a keyhole, gap, etc.); to look down into (a ravine, etc.); to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.); to sneak a look at; to take a quick look at; to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.); to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.)
shopping; purchased goods
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
fish market; fish dealer; fishmonger
proprietress (of a traditional Japanese inn or restaurant); landlady; hostess; mistress
middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years
woman; female; feminine gender
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
sweat; perspiration; moisture; condensation; gulp; oops
to smile (at); to grin (at)
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
pickling in salt; leaving unchanged; leaving unused
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
dining room; dining hall; cafeteria; restaurant; eatery; snack bar
favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right
thankfully; fortunately; luckily; thanks to your (his, their, everyone's, etc.) kindness; thanks to your assistance; thanks to your support
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone
roughly; approximately; round about; cursorily; briefly; quickly
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)