gathering; meeting; assembly; collection; attendance
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable
busy; hurried; confused; flurried
middle-aged man; Buddhist priest
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
popular person; favorite; favourite
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
home area; home town; local
neighbourhood; neighborhood
neighborhood association; neighbourhood association
annual function; annual event
to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)
Sanja Festival (Asakusa Shrine in Tokyo, third weekend of May)
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
oh my god; how; what the; incredible
happy; auspicious; propitious; naive
district; section; sector
zealous; enthusiastic; ardent; fervent; keen; eager
neighborhood; neighbourhood; street; block; town
to make lively; to enliven; to make exciting
percussion instrument made of small pieces wood strung together
black kite (Milvus migrans); construction worker; scaffold erector; fire hook; reddish brown; Inverness cape; filcher
top of ...; head of ...; the moment that ...
every year; yearly; annually
photography (still or motion); photographing; filming; shooting; (video) recording
to wheedle a person into doing something; to carry a portable shrine
portable shrine (carried in festivals); palanquin; buttocks; lower back
to shoulder; to carry on one's shoulder; to nominate for a position; to choose as a representative; to take (someone) for a ride; to deceive
of no interest; not interested
sending a ship to the bottom; sinking (a ship); to sink a ship
to be discouraged; to shrink from
to lose (money, etc.); to waste one's (time, etc.); to have one's efforts come to naught