to bail out (water); to dip out; to ladle out; to start drawing (water)
to take someone (to some place); to take someone along; to lead someone away
unique; peculiar; singular
silk tree (Albizia julibrissin)
sleepy; drowsy; somnolent
free and easy; open-hearted; relaxed; not fussy; frank
sleepiness; drowsiness; the sandman; Morpheus
fixed paper-enclosed lantern; paper-covered wooden stand housing an (oil) lamp
Japanese beech (Fagus crenata); Siebold's beech
ritual to banish the sleep demon (esp. in Tōhoku)
Aomori (city, prefecture)
Hirosaki (city in Aomori)
Nebuta; nighttime festival in Tōhoku (esp. Aomori)
Kanto Festival (Akita); street light
fixed date; appointed day
to move (house); to transfer (department); to change the target of interest or concern; to elapse (passage of time); to be permeated by a colour or scent; to be infected
Manchurian wild rice (Zizania latifolia)
wheat straw; barley straw
grand; luxurious; lavish; great; large; big (e.g. storm)
to draw around (e.g. a curtain); to drag around; to take (someone) around; to parade around; to order about; to lead
elegance; taste; refinement
garden lantern; hanging lantern
Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)
Hakodate (city in Hokkaido)
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
hunt (where the hunting area is surrounded on four sides by hunters)
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.)
Toyama prefecture (Hokuriku area)
to stir up; to poke (the fire); to beat (an egg); to arouse (interest, feelings, etc.); to stir; to stoke
to hide; to keep to oneself
thing that reminds one of a particular season; poem about natural scenery; poem about a particular season
display of fireworks; firework(s) display
relief service (bus, train, etc.); interim service; additional service
twilight; sunset; dusk; evening
yukata (light cotton kimono worn in the summer or used as a bathrobe)
sightseer; spectator; viewer
to launch; to shoot up; (of waves) to dash; to wash up (ashore); to finish (e.g. a theater run, sumo tournament); to close
to engrave an inscription; to call (designate) itself; to mark; to label