On a nearly empty last train, I spotted two boxes of donuts — twenty-four in all — forgotten on the luggage rack. Imagining the owner's regret, I reaffirmed my own rule: never put anything up there.
| 最終電車 | さいしゅうでんしゃ | last train (of the day) |
| ガラガラ | がらがら | (almost) empty |
| 棚 | たな | shelf; luggage rack |
| 持ち主 | もちぬし | owner |
| 見渡す | みわたす | to look around; to survey |
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