battle formation; camp; encampment; group; gang; war
(brute) force; using all one's might
force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; momentum
woman; female; feminine gender
to be a matter of life or death
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
final month of pregnancy; month in which childbirth is due
operation (of a machine, etc.); operating; driving; working (capital, etc.)
car; automobile; vehicle; wheel
master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved
second marriage; remarriage
garden lantern; hanging lantern
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
festival; feast; carnival
Bon Festival dance; Lantern Festival dance
dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
carapace; shell; 1st in rank; grade A; instep; back of hand
state (US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.); province (e.g. Canada); continent; (arch.) dear
tray; family; household; O-Bon; Bon Festival; gambler's den
lead (in a cheer, toast, song, etc.); (someone's) lead; folk song and dance performed by a group; leader of a group of wind instruments (in gagaku)
Sado (former province located on Sado Island in present-day Niigata Prefecture); Sado (island, Niigata Prefecture)
style of Japanese folk song associated with Niigata Prefecture
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
well digging; well digger
to act violently; to rage; to struggle; to be riotous
softly; gently; stealthily; secretly; to leave alone; to leave as it is
heave-ho; oops; yes; yeah
secret; private; surreptitious
at once; immediately; right now
cave; cavern; den; grotto
surface of the earth; ground surface
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
to open one's mouth (to talk); to (start to) tell