Bellows Festival; festival for blacksmiths and foundries on the eighth day of the eleventh month of the lunar calendar, on which they would clean their bellows and pray
to dance (orig. a hopping dance)
little girl; maiden; young lady; female usually between 7 and 18 years old
little girl; maiden; young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryo period)
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
glamorous; charming; beguiling; bewitching; beautiful; fascinatingly elegant
tone color; tone colour; tone quality; timbre
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
used to indicate respect for the listener (or reader)
considerably; fairly; quite
generally; in the main; (more or less) everything; all parts; ordinary; usual
origin; source; history; originally; from the start; by nature
table; desk; counter for tables, desks, etc.; offering table before an altar (sometimes used in tea ceremony); tabletop incense burner
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (somebody)
to split; to tear; to burst; to be separated; to be divided
bustling; busy; crowded; lively (party, voices, etc.); loud; noisy
to well up; to burst; to arise
to start an act (of a play); to have curtains open; to have an (event, period of history, etc.) start
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
to strike; to clap; to play drums; to abuse; to bash; to consult; to sound out
hammer; mallet; sledge(hammer); gavel
smith's assistant; assistant who hammers in response to a master smith's signal; large hammer (used by a smith's assistant)
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
testing; experiment; test; examination; exam; trial
to break into song; to burst into song; to begin singing
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
to be idle; to slacken; to neglect (e.g. one's work)
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand
to ring; to sound; to be popular; to be esteemed; to state; to insist
to begin to dance; to break into a dance
to harmonize with; to keep in tune with; to go along with; to keep in step
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
mountain god; one's wife (esp. a nagging wife); roughskin sculpin (Trachidermus fasciatus)