festival merrymaking; revelry
assembly hall; meeting place; venue; grounds
flood plain; river terrace; riverside area; area between river and river bank
preparation; arrangements; getting ready; provision; setup; reserving
whirl of busyness; flurry of activity; being rushed off one's feet; having a very busy time (doing)
improvisation; improvised; impromptu; extempore
cart (esp. a food cart); stall; festival float; portable shrine dedicated to a god and shaped like a house; stage prop fashioned after a large building; framework (of a house, etc.)
multicolored; multicoloured; of various colors; diverse; of all kinds; all manners of
signboard; sign; draw; attraction; reputation (of a shop); name
sudden; abrupt; impromptu skit; bandwagon fan; fair-weather fan
stage (theatre, theater); scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)
reviewing stand; box; gallery
several times; a few times
clear weather; fine weather; formal; ceremonial; cleared of suspicion
pain; anguish; suffering; duhkha (suffering)
energy; vigour; vigor; liveliness; spirit; life
to be full of (e.g. adventure, youth, energy); to be overflowing with
glaringly; dazzlingly; blazingly
to work hard; to sweat; to wash off one's sweat
to gnaw; to nibble; to bite; to dabble in; to have a smattering of
sightseer; spectator; viewer
bank; weir; embankment; levee
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
informal summer clothes for men (short jacket and trousers)
yukata (light cotton kimono worn in the summer or used as a bathrobe)
pine tree (Pinus spp.); highest (of a three-tier ranking system)
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
container made by cutting a piece of bamboo lengthways; bamboo tube; bamboo cylinder
breast; chest; pit of the stomach; solar plexus; epigastrium
to look up (at); to look up to; to respect; to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to depend on
horseplay; fooling around
to be impatient for; to wait (anxiously) for; to eagerly look forward to; to long for
being dotted with; being scattered
remaining bony parts (of a fish after filleting); flaw (esp. of a person); fault; rice chaff; rough; crude
large, medium and small (businesses, rooms, etc.)
direction; district; area; field (e.g. of study); sphere; quarter
goods; materials; commodities; resources; supplies