worshipper; worshiper; visitor (to a shrine or temple); pilgrim
specialist; expert; professional; authority; pundit
visitor (to a shrine or temple)
a great variety of; diversity
student preparing for or taking examinations (usu. entrance exams); test-taker
wealthy; rich; affluent; well-off
to eke out a living; to get a bare livelihood; to live from hand to mouth
(one's) Sunday best; (one's) best clothes; glad rags
visit to a shrine or temple; paying homage at a shrine or temple
classification; color coding; colour coding; color keying; colour keying; differentiation using different colors (colours)
politics; government; peace; (arch.) medical treatment; (arch.) cure
calling by name; designation; nomination
saying "Ah!"; making one say "Ah!"; surprisingly; astonishingly
first three days of the New Year (January 1-3)
main temple building; nave
visit (to a shrine, grave, etc.); worship
votive picture (originally of horse)
Star Festival (held in July or August); Tanabata; Festival of the Weaver
per-capita division; division according to the number of people
to begin to write; to begin writing; to begin to draw; to begin drawing; to begin painting
bright green; chartreuse green
grown-up (manner, etc.); mature; adult
to use properly; to use (different things) for different purposes
genuine; authentic; true; real
answer respectively agreement or disagreement
to make a splash; to draw attention
painter; artist; drawing pictures; doodling; painting
scrap; piece; fag end; unimportant (person); petty (official); barely (in a role)
good prospects; full of hope; promising
shell; husk; hull; pod; chaff
pistachio (Pistacia vera)
change for the better; improvement; looking better (than before)
(at) the beginning of the New Year; early in the New Year
prosperous; flourishing; popular; widespread; active; lively
great men have great fondness for the sensual pleasures
fetish; passion; enthusiasm
public order and morals; social standards; public policy
putting that aside; that said; apart from that; anyway; be that as it may