harmonious; peaceful; congenial; luxuriant (vegetation)
cart (esp. a food cart); stall; festival float; portable shrine dedicated to a god and shaped like a house; stage prop fashioned after a large building; framework (of a building)
yakisoba; fried noodles, usu. with vegetables and meat
temple festival; fair; fete day; day related to a particular deity and thought to bring divine blessing to those who celebrate it
diversion; putting something to another use
citizen (of a country); citizenry; citizen (of a city); resident; bourgeoisie; middle class
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
most difficult; next to impossible
to open one's mouth wide and eat heartily; to gulp down food
investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking
goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre
dejectedly; sorrowfully; crestfallen
to threaten; to menace; to intimidate; to startle; to frighten; to scare
dead of night; middle of the night; midnight; third quarter of the hour of the ox (2-2:30am, or 3-3:30am)
foreign; abroad; overseas
(giving) birth; childbirth; native (of); product of; produced in; assets
burst (tire, pipe, etc.); rupture; blowout; burst (radiation, signal, etc.)
travelling (a long and difficult journey) on foot; walking (all the way) across; travelling through; travelling all over (e.g. a country); visiting all the major locations (of a region, etc.)
cowardly; craven; unfair; mean; sneaky
to become one tile away from completion; to be at one's wits' end; to be about to blow one's fuse
accelerator (pedal); gas pedal
application; request; petition
altitude; height; elevation; high-degree; high-grade; advanced
rotation; making the rounds; spreading; effect; efficacy; by way of; via
tediously; persistently; lazily; idly; (boiling) to a pulp; to a mash
deep regret; great sorrow; bitter grief
to happen to meet; to come across; to run into; to bump into
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
commemorative photograph; souvenir photograph
this, that and the other; this and that
good place not many people know about; great little-known spot; good out-of-the-way place; betting booth (at a racecourse)
several people; a few people
carelessly (throwing, tossing, etc.); nonchalantly; casually
this one; with this; in this way
engaging in (work); pursuing (e.g. studies); following (a profession); being involved in
debauched; lewd; lascivious; lecherous; salacious; wild