pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
stall-keeper (esp. at a festival); street vendor; hawker; seller of unreliable merchandise; faker; huckster
Arcturus (star in the constellation Boötes); Alpha Bootis
Lyra (constellation); the Lyre
absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.); neglecting
rapping sound (and other sounds when associated with poltergeists)
controlling; suppressing; quelling
cattleman; raising cattle
Virgo (constellation); the Virgin
promotional model (at a trade show, etc.); female guide (at a convention); hostess (of a party, banquet, etc.); companion
Inari (god of harvests, wealth, fertility, etc.); Inari shrine; inarizushi (sushi wrapped in fried tofu); scrotum; testicle sack
correlation; interrelation
choo-choo; chug-chug; chuff-chuff; brush-brush; scrub-scrub
freshly drawn bath; (taking) a bath before anyone else
criminal, administrative and civil codes (forming the basis of ancient East Asian law; orig. Chinese); legal codes of the Nara and Heian eras based on Chinese models
to survive; to continue living; to escape death
three parts; three copies
Spica (star in the constellation Virgo); Alpha Virginis
splashing (water); splashing about; vigorously; generously (e.g. pouring sauce); greatly (using or making money)
picturesque (scenery); unspoilt; beautiful
Onmyōdō; way of Yin and Yang; occult divination system based on the Taoist theory of the five elements
cram school; private tutoring school
turning into a cooler state; cooling down
kamishibai; storytelling with pictures; form of Japanese street theater and storytelling (popular from the 1930s to the 1950s)
God and man; heaven and man
according to plan; as planned; on target
monster cat; cat with magical powers
to begin to dance; to break into a dance