performance (e.g. music, dance, pantomime, etc.)
continuation; persisting; lasting; sustaining; enduring
component; factor; item (e.g. in list); element (e.g. in array); member (e.g. data structure)
banzai; hurray; something to cheer about; something worthy of celebration; giving up; throwing one's hands up
dwelling; house; residence; address
field (for fruits, vegetables, etc.); cultivated land; field (of specialization); sphere; womb; birth
smiling; beaming; radiant; bright; cheerful
leader of the pack (of a group of kids); neighborhood bully (neighbourhood)
rambunctious kid; wild kid; hooligan; rowdy; roughneck
naughty; mischievous; rascal; naughty kid
to be enthralled by; to be disguised as
market price; speculation (e.g. on stocks); reputation (according to conventional wisdom); estimation
conclusion; decision; judgement; affirmative
spreading one's legs wide apart; straddle; long stride; big steps; thigh-scooping body drop
to be erected; to be built
wooden; made of wood; wooden construction
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
well aware of; know thoroughly; being familiar with (and thus feeling no need for restraint)
for some reason or other; somehow; whatsitsname; what-you-call-it; and so on; and you know the rest
meeting; assembly; gathering; congregation; convention; rally
to look at again; to re-examine (policy, estimate, plan, etc.); to review; to get a better opinion of; to see in a more positive light; to improve
to hardly recognise; to mistake for something or somebody else
to hardly recognise; to mistake for something or somebody else
even if; even though; however; no matter how
strongly; violently; quickly; suddenly
talking while standing; standing around talking
the same generation; coeval
O-Bon; Obon; Bon Festival; tray
glaring; flaming; fiery; blazing
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability
core; heart (of the matter); point; crux; kernel
a little bit; a little while
southerly (wind); from the south
circumstances; condition; to arrange; to manage; to lend money; to raise money
decisively; decidedly; boldly; precisely; exactly
to pollute; to contaminate; to soil; to disgrace; to dishonour; to dishonor
life and death; life or death
thoughtless; reckless; rash; excessive; unreasonable; immoderate
to be violated; to be corrupted; to be polluted; to be stained