Bon festival; Feast of Lanterns; Buddhist ceremony held on July 15; ullambana
dramatic; exciting; touching; extreme
moving forward (e.g. vehicle); onward movement; advance (work, procedure, etc.); advancement; progress (of a disease); disease progression
imitation; fake; phony; pseudo-
to copy; to imitate; to counterfeit; to forge
vengeance; revenge; retaliation
this; our; the ... in question; right; justice; fairness
nisei; second-generation Japanese (or Korean, etc.); the second (e.g. Edward II); son
affection (esp. parental); love; fondness
vengeance; revenge; retaliation
prototype; model; pattern; archetypal
creeping plant; creeper; vine; liana; liane
Asura; demigod; fighting; carnage; sledge (for conveying large rocks, logs, etc.); log slide
each; (arch.) you (plural)
acolyte; adherent; follower; imitator; copycat
up through; up until; down to; from ... to ... (e.g. from head to toe); everything from ... to ...
people; (all) persons; you (usu. plural); various
to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done
instead; but (on the other hand)
appropriate; adequate; suitable; fitting; worthy
(bearing a) close resemblance; vivid reminder (e.g. of the past); dim; faint; vague
education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
primary school; elementary school; grade school
prefecture (Japan); county (China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.); department (France); province (Italy, Spain, etc.)
railroad; railway; rail transport
opening (of a new road, railway, etc.); going into operation (e.g. telephone communication); beginning services; reopening (e.g. a road to traffic); resumption of services
stopping place (incl. stations, rail yards, junctions, etc.); (railway) station
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
to get burned and stuck on (e.g. rice in a pan); to become uncollectable (e.g. debt or loan); to become irrecoverable; to remain unchanged (e.g. stock market)
schoolyard; playground; school grounds; campus
fall; decline; string apron; ornamental cords hanging from the front of a sumo wrestler's belt; food offering to the gods; leftovers
traveller; traveler; wayfarer; tourist
partaking; participating; taking part in; sharing (something with someone)
sightseeing; watching; viewing; sightseer; watcher; spectator
all sorts of; all kinds of
limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...
to take something into ...; to bring in; to lodge (a complaint); to file (a plan); to bring to (a state: tied game, vote, trial, etc.)
show; performance; act; entertainment industry; show business
temporary; provisional; interim; special; extraordinary; extra
to remove; to deinstall; to take away; to set apart
upper part; upper stream; upper course of a river; right side of the stage (audience's or camera's POV); stage left (actor's POV); skillful (in comparisons)
personal; individual; private