interest; eagerness; enthusiasm
to leave (a matter, decision, etc. to someone); to entrust (to someone); to leave (to chance, one's imagination, etc.); to let (take its own course); to use (money, strength, spare time, etc.) to the full; to use freely
to come off (of a button, handle, lid, etc.); to go away (of a fever, pain, swelling, etc.); to disappear; to be harvested; to be picked; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
how; in what way; how about
Island; insula; island; islet
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
chair; chairman; chairperson; speaker (of an assembly); president (of a council, senate, etc.)
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from ... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that ...; trying to ...
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides (with); supporting; standing by
so-so; passable; now, now; there, there; my, my; oh my!
both (people); the two of them
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled (of an arrangement, conclusion, etc.)
woman who has divorced and moved back to her parents; moving back to one's parents after getting divorced; leaving and then returning (to a company, etc. one has previously left); leaving from and returning to the same port (of a ship)
television; TV; TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast
unsparingly; without listening to the other party; without giving the other party a chance to explain
quacking; cackling; loudly (snore, complain, argue, etc.); noisily; with a buzzing sound (e.g. speaker); with a crackling sound
two persons; two people; pair; couple
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
summer festival; summer matsuri
just like that; quite so; I agree; that street
Aomori (city, prefecture)
Nebuta; nighttime festival in Tōhoku (esp. Aomori)
Gion (entertainment district in Kyoto); Jetavana Monastery (India) (abbr); Jetavana-vihara; Yasaka Shrine (Kyoto) (abbr); Gion Festival (abbr); Gion
Tosa (former province located in present-day Kochi Prefecture)
yosakoi; dance originating in Kōchi Prefecture using naruko
festival; feast; carnival; matsuri
success; achievement; succeeding (in life); (worldly) success; prosperity
area; region; district; locality
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
proposal; proposition; suggestion
blue; azure; green; pale (facial color); gray; unripe
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
very; very much; greatly; considerably; highly; exceedingly
to swell; to rise; to bulge; to rouse; to get excited
skillful; skilful; delicious; tasty; good (deal, idea, etc.); profitable