rush hour

Literally, "Neighbors nearby over family far away." People often rely more on unrelated people close to them rather than family who are living far away, in particular during times of disaster.

"the grass is always greener on the other side": The others' circumstances seem more desirable.

eleven o'clock

twelve o'clock; noon; midnight

Synonym of グリニッジ標準時

ushi no toki mairi, a traditional Japanese practice where a person visits (参(まい)り (mairi)) a shrine at approximately 2 AM in the morning (丑(うし)の時(とき) (ushi no toki)) in order to nail a straw effigy of a person (藁人形(わらにんぎょう) (waraningyō)) to a tree and wish for that person's death

Synonym of 黄昏 (tasogare, “dusk; twilight”) / Synonym of 黄昏時 (tasogaredoki, “dusk; twilight”)

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