national holiday; festival day
indoor (court, pool, etc.)
being dotted with; being scattered
folklore studies; folkloristics
ritual performance (usually around New Year) to pray for a successful rice harvest in the coming year
rice cultivation; rice crop
process; course; mechanism
to act (a part); to play (a role); to perform (a play, etc.); to put on (a production); to commit (a blunder); to disgrace oneself
abundant harvest; bumper crop
public entertainment; performing arts; accomplishments; attainments
to manage (all by oneself); to control; to run; to take charge of
district; section; sector
household; home; family; housekeeping
elementary school student; primary school student; grade school student
inner sanctum; inner temple; inner shrine; sanctuary; chancel
prohibition on women entering (usu. for religious reasons); no female admission
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
rest; recess; vacation; holiday; dormancy (of a silkworm prior to moulting)
change; modification; alteration; revision; amendment
to knit; to plait; to braid; to compile (anthology, dictionary, etc.); to edit
(top) half naked; naked above the waist
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
spineless; backboneless; timid; cowardly; weak-kneed
one portion; one serving; adult; grown-up; fully fledged; established
to allow; to let (somebody) do; to make (somebody) do
plight; fix; bind; awkward situation; difficult situation; mess
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
fixed date; appointed day
enshrinement hall (of a buddha); temple; cathedral (esp. Catholic)
to stand in the way (esp. with legs spread out); to block the way; to stand in the way (e.g. of progress); to obstruct
torch (made of pine, bamboo, reed, etc.); flambeau; torchlight
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
conflict; fighting each other
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to treat; to handle; to deal with; to arrange; to decorate; to dress