shop; small store; business; firm
coming and going; traffic; road; street; association; socializing
energy; vigour; vigor; liveliness; spirit; life
to follow another's example
shout (of encouragement, etc.); yell (used to time or encourage activity, e.g. "Heave ho!")
public square; square; plaza; open space; clearing
open-air market; outdoor market
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
aromatic (roasted beans, roasted tea, etc.); fragrant (e.g. burning wood); pleasant-smelling; savory-smelling (e.g. barbecued meat); savoury; appetizing
to drift; to float; to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air; to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood); to wander; to walk around aimlessly
stomach; breadbasket; inner man; dietary needs
stimulus; impetus; incentive; encouragement; motivation; provocation
to one's heart's content; to one's complete satisfaction; as much as one likes; heartily; thoroughly; without restraint
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to deep-fry
quail; Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica)
grilling on a skewer; spit-roasting
strawberry (esp. the garden strawberry, Fragaria x ananassa)
et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth
gate in the middle of the corridor connecting an annex to a pond-side building (in traditional palatial-style architecture); central gate (between the main gate and main hall of a temple); central gate (separating the inner and outer gardens of a teahouse)
(all) important positions; every strategic point; each key post; (all) important parts; every important point
guard; sentinel; garrison
arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition; configuration
peacetime; time of peace; ordinary times; normal times
even though; despite; when
where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually
attitude; posture; preparedness; readiness
to employ; to hire; to charter
black ground; black cloth
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)
conspirators; faction; cabal; clique
one's own property; possessions
striding; swaggering; strutting; lording it over others; acting as though one owns the place; throwing one's weight around
vulgar; indecent; coarse; crude
to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of
chat-up line; pick-up line; (loving) words