diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
cooperation; collaboration; help; support
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
bustling; busy; crowded; lively (party, voices, etc.); loud; noisy
small festival on the eve of the main festival (esp. of the Gion festival)
Iwami (former province located in the west of present-day Shimane Prefecture)
kagura; traditional Shinto music and dancing
dedication; offering; presentation; oblation
right in the middle (of); midst; height
Gion Festival (in Kyoto during the month of July, with high point on the 17th)
capital (esp. Kyoto, Japan's former capital); seat of government; capital (of music, fashion, etc.); city (e.g. of light); location of the Imperial Palace
calamity; disaster; accident
to exorcise; to cleanse; to purify
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention; motive
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
major cleanup; spring cleaning
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well ...; I think ...
to be seen; to be visible; to look; to seem; to come
quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
treasure; treasured item; prized possession
hogging; having all to oneself; monopolising; monopolizing
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
to draw (someone) close to one's breast; to pull close to one; to take into one's arms; to embrace
heart; guts; nerve; heart (of something); central part
beat; palpitation; pulsation; throbbing
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
to feel; to sense; to be moved (by); to be touched (by); to become infected with (an illness); to catch
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
relief; reassurance; recognition of right to land ownership (by the shogunate, a feudal lord, etc.); (arch.) living safely surrounded by walls
outside world; physical world
extinction (e.g. of a family); dying out; discontinuation; severance (e.g. of relations); rupture; breaking off
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
soon; before long; slowly; quietly; already; about time
happiness; well-being; joy; welfare; blessedness
number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout