Star Festival (held in July or August); Tanabata; Festival of the Weaver
long, narrow strip of paper on which Japanese poems are written (vertically); tanzaku; thin rectangle
votive picture (originally of horse)
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
overflowing; effusive; exuberant; bountiful
company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)
(one's) older brother; lad; sonny
even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing
simultaneous; concurrent; same time; synchronous; together
frequency (of occurrence)
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
certain; unmistaken; evident; obvious; beyond doubt
to make muddy (of a liquid); to make cloudy; to make turbid; to make ambiguous; to evade (e.g. the point); to be noncommittal about
wearing nothing but an apron; being nude except for an apron
rough; casual (clothing); rough (of a golf course); rough sketch; rough draft
apron; apron (airport); apron (stage)
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
to include (in a group or scope); to instruct; to make one understand; to include (a nuance); to put in (an implication); to put in (someone's) mouth
party people; clubbers; frequenters of nightclubs
lively; vigorous; sprightly; animated; vivid
to harden; to solidify; to become firm; to become certain; to gather (together); to assemble
with a friendly grin; smilingly
to coquet (of a woman); to entice a customer (of a prostitute); to flatter; to butter up
monopoly; monopolization; exclusivity; hogging; keeping to oneself
dull (e.g. of movement or reaction); sluggish
magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly
to be surprising; to be shocking; to be jaw-dropping
to scramble for; to struggle for; to contend for; to fight for
to do for (someone); to take in; to deceive; to hoodwink
restoration; rehabilitation; recovery; recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence