commuter train packer, "train stuffer" (person who helps stuff people into packed rush hour trains in Japan so the doors can close)

Good Friday

to go to bed early

going to bed early

Short for 千早の歌 (Chihaya-no-uta): a poem used as an insect repellent / a cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy (see Japanese cruiser Chihaya on Wikipedia.Wikipedia) / a place name / a surname

a surname

already, now

an ancient ethnic group living around the Ōsumi, Satsuma region of Japan

(literary) (a gust of wind): a blast

dace (carp)