order; observance; discipline; rules; law; regulations
indecisive; irresolute; shilly-shally; vacillating
self-righteousness; self-justified
to interrupt; to interfere; to meddle; to intrude; to butt in; to poke one's nose into
recitation; reciting from memory
memory; ability to remember
Gion Festival (in Kyoto during the month of July, with high point on the 17th)
to concentrate; to devote; to apply; to strain; to rack
to pass; to pass on; to give (something) a miss; to cut it out; to knock off (for the day); to let the matter drop
suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy
Gion Festival (in Kyoto during the month of July, with high point on the 17th)
festival float mounted with a decorative halberd
elegant; graceful; refined; leisurely; comfortable; easy
reviewing stand; box; gallery
to look forward to something
(festivity) page; baby; child; (arch.) boys kept by pederasts
to see; to look; to watch; to try to
to do wholeheartedly; to put one's heart into something
messenger; envoy; emissary
meals exchanged by parishioners and priests
faith; belief; piety; devotion; godliness
medicated bath; (medical) decoction; infusion; medicinal hot spring
to not make good use of (e.g. advice); to disregard; to treat as useless; to treat with disdain
surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
mud wall; earthen wall; plaster wall
extravagant spending; wasteful spending; splurging; squandering
buildings on the east and west side of the southern pond (in traditional palatial-style architecture)
sago cycad (Cycas revoluta); king sago palm; sago palm; Japanese sago palm
emotion; feeling; atmosphere; mood; spirit
to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged
diagnosis and treatment; medical care
field of vegetables; market garden; truck garden; vegetable garden; kitchen garden
pumpkin (Cucurbita sp.); squash
vine; bine; bow; temple arm; connections; contacts
yellow; high-pitched (voice); shrill
musical instrument; music; accompaniment instruments used in kabuki (excluding the shamisen)
place where the sacred palanquin is lodged during a festival