festival; feast; carnival
festival game in which participants try to catch goldfish in a shallow paper ladle
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
(truck) load-carrying tray; (bicycle) luggage carrier; roof rack
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
luggage; baggage; burden; payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)
to carry out (of somewhere); to transport; to take out
iron plate; steel plane; sure thing; certain winner
monjayaki; pan-fried batter with various fillings
every year; yearly; annually
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
to miss a chance to ask; to miss an opportunity to ask; to forget to ask
to rub; to crumple; to massage; to argue; to have a heated discussion; to train; to coach
beep; honk (car horn); buzz (buzzer); boo (wrong answer, like buzzer on quiz shows)
study; diligence; discount; reduction
more; much more; step; rung; paragraph; passage
on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
cannot be avoided (of a problem, etc.); unavoidable; inevitable
Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7); reminiscent of the Shōwa era; Shōwa- nostalgic; old-fashioned
early (days); initial stage; initial
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
to talk; to chat; to chatter
publicity; advertisement; advertising; propaganda
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
from long ago; from old times; from time immemorial
yoo-hoo; halloo; hi-de-ho; howdy; hey
okonomiyaki; savoury pancake containing meat or seafood and vegetables
established practice; custom
end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)
cowardly; craven; unfair; mean; sneaky
inseparable (esp. bond, relationship); inextricable; joined at the hip; integral; essential; cannot be broken (cut, separated)
bits of fried batter left after cooking tempura