boat festival; festival with portable shrines carried on boats
attendance at the House (Diet)
listing (on the stock exchange, etc.); taking a company public; presentation (e.g. of a play, opera); performance
saclike; saccate; saccular
extra-large (clothing size); XL; language laboratory; LL
foothills; first range of mountains
the very best; excellent; superb
member (of a group led by a kumigashira); member (of a fire brigade); muntin; mullion; member
burst (e.g. dam, embankment, levee); breach; collapse; washout; rupture
I sincerely believe in Amitabha; Lord have mercy on me
fish with a human-looking face
to steer a ship; to manage; to take command; to take the helm
fitting (e.g. door, window); fit
ouch!; hot, hot, hot!; something hot; fire
wharf roach (species of isopod closely related to the sea slater; Ligia exotica)
to penetrate; to pervade; to spread
babysitting; babysitter; taking care of; assisting; assistant
thanks for taking care of me; thanks for taking care of my loved one
to be cured; to be healed; to cure; to heal; to rule
black fly (any insect of family Simuliidae); gnat
guarantor; surety; person responsible for another's behavior
meteorological observatory
faint outlines of an island; vague shape of an island; silhouette of an island
all right!; that's it!; thank God!; good!; I've got it!; I've done it!
Avalokiteshvara (Bodhisattva); Avalokitesvara; Kannon; clitoris
mawashi; belt; mantle; cape; gang rape
unpleasant; disagreeable; abominable; unlucky; inauspicious; ominous
fluff; fuzz; nap; hachures; hatching
Palace of the Dragon King; palace from the story of Urashima Taro (said to be located at the bottom of the sea)