fireworks display; display of fireworks
staking out (in advance; e.g. a seat or a spot); saving a place; reserving a location
summer festival; summer matsuri
500-man battalion (Zhou dynasty Chinese army)
grounds (esp. of shrines and temples); compound; churchyard; precincts
mizuame; glucose syrup; starch syrup; corn syrup
cotton candy; fairy floss; candy floss
mask; striking the head (kendo)
goldfish scooping; festival game in which participants try to catch goldfish in a shallow paper ladle
mountain (or hill) behind a house, village, etc.; side of a mountain that gets little sunshine; envious; jealous
nightless gay quarters; nightless city
good place not many people know about; great little-known spot; good out-of-the-way place; betting booth (at a racecourse)
foot of a mountain; plain at the foot of a mountain; range; spread; extent
bright; intelligent; clever; smart
to line up; to put in a row; to add (to a group); to accept (as a member of an organization, etc.); to link; to put together
drive; trip by car; to (go for a) drive; to go on a trip by car; to drive (e.g. a car); to drive (innovation, change, etc.)
to cross the ocean (i.e. to go to or come from overseas)
six o'clock; six periods of a day (morning, midday, afternoon, evening, midnight, late night)
agricultural chemical; agrochemical; agrichemical
nutritional value; food value
womb; uterus; parent body; base; basis
to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest
piecework that can be done at home; outwork
(in the same way) as before; as always
day duty; day shift; class duty (students)
sense of distance (physical or emotional); feeling of distance
appropriate (e.g. authorities); concerned; relevant; said; aforementioned; competent
disputed territory; conflict area
self-control; self-restraint
to jar; to grate; to make others uncomfortable
to stuff one's cheeks; to fill one's mouth (with food)
great hurry; great haste; rush
wrong; different; not like that
to fall ill; to suffer from (e.g. a disease); to have something wrong with (e.g. an inner organ); to be depressed; to feel down
matter for the future; something that is a long way off; something that is not going to happen anytime soon
soon; shortly; nearly; almost
forget it; forget what I just said; scratch that; check that