festival held in July in Fukuoka City; Hakata Gion Yamakasa Festival (often just called Yamakasa Festival)
doctor; PhD; exposition; fair; exhibition
robust; brawny; muscular; strong; sturdy
to run through; to run past
fashion; way; school (of thought); class; rank; current (electrical, water, etc.)
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle
happi coat; happy coat; workman's livery coat; traditional Japanese straight-sleeved coat
fundoshi; loincloth; kimono underskirt; wrestler's ornamental apron
peculiarity; uniqueness; characteristic
Chūbu region (incl. Aichi, Nagano, Shizuoka, Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa, Fukui, Yamanashi and Gifu prefectures)
small festival held the night before the main festival; eve of a festival
in the morning; during the morning
paper lantern; Chinese lantern; Japanese lantern
counter for ships (large boats); counter for half of a pair (e.g. half of a folding screen); counter for fish, birds, arrows, etc.
flute; fife; pipe; whistle
fantastic; magical; wondrous; whimsical; fairytale-like; romantic
to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in
double-lined fusilier (Pterocaesio digramma); Taiwan (nickname); Takasago (classic noh play by Zeami)
ornament; decorative object; object placed in a tokonoma; figurehead; leader without real power
after the end (of something); post-
soul; spirit; divine spirit
common reed (Phragmites australis)
discharge (e.g. of water from a dam); release (of young fish into a river, pond, etc.); stocking (a river, etc. with fish); (arch.) banishment; (arch.) exile
to drift (to); to be washed ashore
cucumber (Cucumis sativus)
to show up; to appear; to turn up
system; lineage; ancestry; group (e.g. of colors) (colours); family (e.g. of languages); close (evolutionary) relationship
worshiper; visitor to temple or shrine
to compete; to contend; to vie; to contest
characteristic (of); peculiar (to)
across; over; beyond; throughout (a period of time); for
sixth month of the lunar calendar (approx. July); June; sixth month of Gregorian calendar; triangles of sweet rice jelly topped with adzuki beans (eaten in the sixth month)
fine weather (i.e. little or no clouds); fair weather; clear weather; clear sky; fair skies
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
to cut up; to cleave; to spare (time, money, etc.); to use part of something; (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory