dragon god; dragon king; naga
law; act; method; mood; dharma; law
pons (pontes); pons Varolii; pontine; part of the brain stem (links the medulla oblongata and cerebellum with the midbrain)
certain amount; some; certain person; Mr So-and-so; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
to engrave an inscription; to call (designate) itself; to mark; to label
will not do; do not; does not
diagonal cross; x-shaped cross
tea whisk; bamboo whisk for making Japanese tea; hair style where the hair is tied up in a bundle on the back of the head (resembling the shape of a tea whisk)
red and white; colours for festive or auspicious occasions (colors); two teams; two groups; Kōhaku Uta Gassen; annual contest between male and female popular singers on New Year's Eve (sponsored and broadcast by NHK)
streamer; pennant; windsock
September; ninth month of the lunar calendar
Kanda Festival (held at Kanda Myōjin Shrine in Tokyo on May 15)
cart (esp. a food cart); stall; festival float; portable shrine dedicated to a god and shaped like a house; stage prop fashioned after a large building; framework (of a house, etc.)
tree sparrow (Passer montanus); talkative person; knowledgeable person
sightseeing; scout; patrol; watchtower; lookout
(turning) round and round; in circles; wrapping around; winding around
sanity; consciousness; soberness
in a train (car, bus, etc.); on a train
boy or doll dressed in ancient Chinese clothes; hairstyle inspired by such a doll (esp. for female children) (Edo period)
shawm-like instrument played by street vendors (sometimes referred to as a flute)
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
fifteenth day of the month; fifteen days
flood; freshet; inundation
to close (one's eyes); to shut
great storm; very severe weather; upset; surprise result; agitation; upheaval
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
tradition; legend; folklore
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
turn of fortune; twist of fate
source; origin; cause; beginning; genesis
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
selection; choice; choosing; picking; election
Buddha; stupa; Buddhist temple; Buddhist monk
pure land (esp. the Western Pure Land paradise of Amitabha); (Buddhist) paradise; Pure Land Buddhism
office and rank; an official rank
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...