portable shrine (carried in festivals); buttocks; lower back; waist
to lend an ear to; to listen to
commemoration; celebration; honoring the memory of something; turning something into a memento; memory
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
refugee; displaced person; person inconvenienced by (lack of something); person unable to satisfactorily (marry, shop, etc.)
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
trampling down; overrunning; infringement; violation
scattered; separated; dispersed
day and night; around the clock
prioritized; focused; concentrated; predominant
shut-in; stay-at-home; hikikomori; social withdrawal; shunning other people
meeting; greeting; welcome
counter for generations; epoch
messenger; envoy; emissary
joint struggle; common (united) front
great achievement; great feat; great work; great undertaking
leadership; initiative; spearhead
appearing and disappearing; slipping in and out of view
rather; better; instead; if anything
have a good day; take care; see you
absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.); neglecting
(outward) appearance; (proper) format (e.g. of an essay); form; appearances; decency; lip-service
cake or snack served with tea
to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)
to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to
sincere; earnest; serious
general manager; director-general
business; errand; nature of one's business
fleeting (glimpse, glance, etc.)
realization (of goods into money); conversion (into money); liquidation
day in question; appointed day; that very day; the day (of issue, publication, etc.)
not worth considering; out of the question
about; concerning; related to; -ish
identifiable; personalized