Vocabulary

putting out the lights; turning off the lights

place for boarding vehicles; bus stop; bus terminal; railway platform; taxi stand; jetty

busy; high-stress; hectic; pressed (with business)

to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)

omission; failure; incompleteness

makimono; handscroll; rolled book

apprenticeship; probation; learning by observation

to be based (on); to be founded (on); to be grounded (on); to be in accordance (with)

originally; from the start; from the beginning; from the outset; by nature

deceased husband; late husband

to face (each other); to be facing

to cramp up; to tighten; to stiffen

to reclaim; to fill up

each time; every time; always; often

chat; desultory conversation

private enterprise

dreams; fantasy; visions

idleness; inactivity

inorganic

murder-suicide; forced double or multiple suicide

celebrity; personage

godparent

explicit statement (e.g. in law); express provision

labyrinth; maze

wooden horse; rocking horse

(tacitly) implying; implication

to wake up; to awake

superior; superiors; senior

closing time; lockup; curfew

supper; night meal; late-night snack; "fourth meal"; midnight snack

wild beast; wild animal; brute

translation equivalent; equivalent word in translation; translation (of a word); gloss

carrying out to the end; bringing to completion

(licensed) red light district

custody; keeping; checking-in (e.g. bags)

Western-style; foreign

way of using (something); usage; use; directions (for use)

fort; stronghold; fortification

pig-keeping; pig farming

to request earnestly