alley house; rear tenement; slum
fox cub; little fox; small fox; juvenile fox
agricultural revolution; agrarian revolution
Nebuta; nighttime festival in Tōhoku (esp. Aomori)
ripening (of a crop); crop; harvest
It's a piece of cake; It's a simple task; It's a cinch
soft vinyl; vinyl chloride monomer, used for moulded shapes such as toys
national land development (e.g. building infrastructure, roads, etc.)
mental health; mental illnesses
installation of a deity in a new shrine; transfer of a shrine
the god of foodstuffs (esp. of rice)
to praise highly; to sing the praises of; to applaud; to acclaim; to admire
kami celebrated at the beginning of New Year (usu. to pray for a good harvest); goddess of (lucky) directions
Kagutsuchi; fire deity who burned to death his mother Izanami during childbirth (and was therefore beheaded by his father Izanagi)
idea man; ideas man; person of ideas
declaration; proclamation; mention
to write out; to express; to describe; to publish
to be (something) very much; to be an extreme (something)
zigzag-shaped paper streamer often used to adorn Shinto-related objects
strange festival; odd festival
opportunism; double standards; timeserving; expediency
copyright holder; copyright owner
to become desperate; to give way to despair
group dating; gathering for young people to socialize with the opposite sex
repeated cultivation damage (same crop, same soil); continuous cropping hazard; replant failure
stall-keeper (esp. at a festival); street vendor; huckster; faker; hawker; seller of unreliable merchandise
fox cub; little fox; small fox; juvenile fox
you can't make an omelet without breaking eggs; you can't solve a problem without making some sacrifice
pine needle; small gift; souvenir
rice cultivation; rice farming
slowly; stolidly; heavily; lumpingly
Italian submarine Scirè (S527)
Benzaiten; Saraswati; goddess of music, eloquence, also wealth and water
daylight hours; hours of sunshine
to skin (one's knee); to graze; to scratch
righting moment; restoring force; stability
Girls' Day; Dolls' Festival; Hinamatsuri; menstrual day; menstrual period
leaning to the right; turning rightist; being on the (political) right
permanence; forever unchanging