festival game in which participants try to catch goldfish in a shallow paper ladle
doing (with resolve); carrying out (e.g. a plan)
temple festival; fair; fete day; day related to a particular deity and thought to bring divine blessing to those who celebrate it
in preparation (for); in case (of); in the lead-up (to)
to save up; to stockpile; to stash away; to hoard; to amass; to salt away
to come apart; to unravel; to come loose; to become disarrayed (e.g. hair)
moderate; proper; just right
to stare back at; to look back at
citizens' campaign; citizens' group
premature; untimely (e.g. death); early
with energy; vigorously; cheerfully; assertively; lustily
as everyone knows; needless to point out
standing figure; standing posture; dancing pose
selling area; counter; section; favorable time to sell; good time to sell
woman; lady; adult female
volume retailer; mass marketer; emporium
dressing room; fitting room
dressing (esp. in kimono); fitting; helping someone get dressed; outer garment (in kabuki)
Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)
to appear all together; to be all present
multicolored; multicoloured; of various colors; diverse; of all kinds; all manners of
goldfish (Carassius auratus)
madness; insanity; irregularity; deviation; fanaticism; fanatic
madly in love; head over heels; fanatically doting; collapsed; out of spirits
(not) altogether; (not) wholly
national costume; (in) native dress
have a pain in one's chest
lovely; wonderful; nice; great; fantastic; superb
universality; ubiquity; omnipresence; catholicity