lowborn; humble; vulgar; coarse; shabby; greedy
servant; manservant; menial
early spring; beginning of spring; first month of the lunar calendar
night of the 15th day of the first month in the lunar calendar
grounds (esp. of shrines and temples); compound; churchyard; precincts
praying mantis (esp. the narrow-winged mantis, Tenodera angustipennis)
to colour; to color; to apply make-up; to decorate; to garnish
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.)
all sorts of; all kinds of
dragon god; dragon king; naga
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes
custom; habit; customary practice
lily (Lilium spp.); yuri; genre of comics and novels about female homosexuality
to compete; to contend; to vie; to contest
surging crowd; wave of humanity; stampede
slow, relaxed walk; stroll
(somebody's) child; person with parents; other people's children; the Son of Man; Christ
reciting poetry or singing in a soft voice
to rot; to decay; to die in obscurity; to be forgotten with time
cheerfully; buoyantly; happily; in high spirits
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
antics; buffoonery; clowning; clown; jester
to roll about with laughter; to laugh heartily
reviewing stand; box; gallery
to harm; to cause harm to
advance notice; previous note; preliminary announcement; trailer (film, TV); preview
to push aside; to push one's way through
diligent; hardworking; healthy; fit; (arch.) faithful; (arch.) devoted
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
heaven's vengeance is slow but sure; heaven's net is wide and coarse, yet nothing slips through
sparse; distant (of a relationship); estranged; alienated
with all due respect; I'm sorry, but ...; I'm afraid ...
contracted regular payment, e.g. monthly, weekly, etc.; by the (month, week, etc.)