to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
used to indicate respect for the listener (or reader)
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
parade float; festival float
musical instrument; music; accompaniment instruments used in kabuki (excluding the shamisen)
shamisen; samisen; three-stringed Japanese lute
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
well, ...; right, ...; so; then; that way (would mean ...); if that is the case
festival; feast; carnival; matsuri
condition; state; health; state (of health); way; manner
town; block; street; road; chō (unit of length, approx. 109.09 m); chō (unit of land area, approx. 0.99 hectares)
state (of affairs); situation; appearance; look(s); sign; indication
to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to enter one's ears (e.g. of water)
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
tool; implement; means; furniture
customer traffic; customers; custom
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; tidy; frank; open-hearted; completely
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
wanting (to have); desiring; wishing for; I want (you, them, etc.) to (do)
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
smell; scent; aura; whiff; faint, mist-like pattern along the temper line of a Japanese sword
is it?; isn't it?; be; is
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
huff!; yo-heave-ho!; yoisho! (word shouted by the spectators during a yokozuna's ritual stomps); yoisho (filler word in folk music, etc.); flattery; buttering up (someone)
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
water; (drinking) water; night entertainment business; nightlife worker; racy; titillating
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
(one's) inner voice; voice of one's heart; what one really thinks
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
after a long time; for the first time in a while
light; bright; bright (colour); cheerful; bright; bright (future, prospects, etc.); rosy
little by little; bit by bit
to take a turn for the better (of an illness, patient, etc.); to begin to improve; to begin to recover; to convalesce
torii (Shinto shrine archway)
without; unacceptable; not alright; (arch.) nonexistent; (arch.) not being (there)
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
to be put in order; to be put to rights; to be disposed of; to be solved; to be finished; to be married (off)
-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person
win; victory; beautiful scenery; scenic spot; counter for wins
to take advantage of; to follow blindly; to multiply
to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit