school festival; cultural festival; annual open day school event showcasing student talent
men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders
(sudden) change; reversal; turn-around; coming from behind (baseball)
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
silence (not speaking); muteness
party (gathering, celebration, etc.); party (group, political, etc.)
bathing suit; swimsuit; swimmers
hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
is it?; isn't it?; be; is
sweetfish (Plecoglossus altivelis altivelis); ayu
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
justice; right; righteousness; correct meaning; correct explanation
following one's master into the grave; committing suicide after one's lord has died
to push; to press; to apply pressure from above; to press down; to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal; to affix (e.g. gold leaf)
to follow someone's last wishes; to fulfil a dying wish
just now; a moment ago; this very minute
to be believed to; to be expected to; to be feared to; to be poised to; to be considered to; to be likely to
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
restriction; restraint; binding; constraint
arrest; apprehension; capture
honor; honour; credit; prestige
-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person
sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut)
Vermilion Bird (god said to rule over the southern heavens); seven mansions (Chinese constellations) of the southern heavens
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
lion; left-hand guardian dog at a Shinto shrine
tiger (Panthera tigris); drunkard; drunk; sot
to bark; to howl; to howl (e.g. of the wind); to roar; to yell; to cry
madder (esp. Japanese madder, Rubia argyi); madder (red color)
sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling
beyond; across; the other side; the distance
great and splendid land (of Yamato); spiritual center of the land; one's spiritual home; excellent location; splendid place
being alone; solitude; loneliness; orphan
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
youth; springtime of life; adolescent
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)