November; eleventh month of the lunar calendar
eighth day of the month; eight days
casting; cast-metal object
festival; feast; carnival
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
one day; all day (long); throughout the day; first day of the month
holiday; day off; sleep; rest; Good night
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
to bear; to carry on one's back; to take responsibility for; to accept a duty; to receive (wound); to incur (damage)
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family
mandarin (esp. the satsuma mandarin (Citrus unshiu)); mandarin orange; tangerine; citrus (Citrus spp.)
to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (handbills, etc.); to spread (rumours, etc.); to give the slip; to throw off
while; during; while; although; all; both
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
to turn; to revolve; to visit several places; to function well; to pass a certain time
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
to be reminded of; to call to mind
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
to be infected; to be contagious
one tuft (of hair, threads, etc.); one bunch (of grapes, bananas, etc.); one cluster (e.g. of flowers); one segment (of a tangerine, etc.); one section
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
to chew thoroughly; to bite (e.g. one's lip); to reflect upon; to digest
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
surely; certainly; no doubt; indeed
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive
beginning; outset; first; onset
that; the matter in question
(somebody else's) parents; both parents
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
proximity; nearness; soon; nearby
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
stealthily; secretly; in secret
to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to be about to leave; to be just going out
two times; twice; two degrees