stimulus; impetus; incentive; encouragement; motivation; provocation
with ... as a start; taking advantage of; inspired by
work; labor; achievement; performance; salary; income
having not the slightest idea
public square; square; plaza; open space; clearing
Bon Festival dance; Lantern Festival dance
paper lantern; Chinese lantern; Japanese lantern
yukata (light cotton kimono worn in the summer or used as a bathrobe)
to gather in a circle; to form a circle
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
to spur on; to urge forward; to impel; to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)
family which supports a temple; parishioner
circumference; girth; tour; pilgrimage; circulation (e.g. of blood)
sushi; anything made with vinegared rice (may also contain vegetables, spices, fish, or other delicacies)
teriyaki (meat or fish marinated in sweet soy sauce and broiled)
hall; saloon; spacious room; reception room
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
meeting; assembly; gathering; congregation; convention; rally
one's student (esp. a former one); one's pupil; one's disciple
combination; union; incorporation; congruence
height; acme; extremity; end; limit
to come out (e.g. hair); to fall out; to collapse (e.g. building, floor); to be left out; to be omitted
from the bottom of one's heart; heartily; sincerely
to weigh on one's mind; to trouble one's heart; to be concerned about; to worry about
to be interested in; to take an interest in; to care about
to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
sense of isolation; (feelings of) loneliness
to draw (conclusion); to deduce; to derive
day in question; appointed day; that very day; the day (of issue, publication, etc.)
to spring; to bound; to be stimulated; to be encouraged; to pay handsomely; to splurge