friendly; affable; amiable; sociable; loving company; (animals) taking kindly to people
meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
folding chair (with tubular metal frame)
file (for holding papers); file (collection of documents); filing; file
tightly (packed); densely; closely; crammed
blue; azure; green; pale (facial color); gray; unripe
Obon; Bon Festival; Buddhist festival for honouring the spirits of one's ancestors, held in mid-August or in some regions, mid-July; tray
ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom
awesome; awe-inspiring; august; discourteous (to a superior); lacking due respect
bargaining point; terms of exchange; conditions for meeting a demand
tolerance; open-mindedness; forbearance; generosity; magnanimity
apathetic; indifferent; nonchalant; callous
someone; a certain person
pair of gods (esp. Izanagi and Izanami); two gods; yin and yang
OK; okay; fine (without); not needed; unnecessary
posture; pose; position; attitude; approach; stance
honorific title; honorific term of address
to omit; to leave out; to exclude; to curtail; to save; to cut down
cosplay (dressing up as a character from an anime, manga, video game, etc.)
every single word and phrase; word by word
long ago; once upon a time
waves that remain after the wind has subsided; after-effect; aftermath
crack; crevice; fissure; chap; rift
to have a hole; to be pierced (with a hole)
tap-tap; knock-knock; cough-cough; bark (of a fox); yelp; heavily (e.g. of snow falling)
lower part; substructure; subordinate (office); good and faithful servant
conditional; qualified; with conditions attached
(fixing) boundaries for religious practices; prohibition (of items, people, spirits, etc. that would hinder Buddhist practice); fence between inner and outer sanctums in a temple; (arch.) short two or three-fold lattice around the front desk of a store; barrier; dimensional barrier
transcendence; transcendency
enclosing wall; boundary fence; obstacle; barrier
or something; or something like that; or words to that effect; something or other
one-way traffic; one-way (e.g. communication); one-sided
substance; essence; entity; subject; content; reality
with a wriggle; in a slimy way; coweringly; hesitantly
mime; dumb show; silent drama; pantomime
waterfall; (arch.) rapids
it is not possible (to, that); there is no such thing as