lucky omen; happy; auspicious
patron god; tutelar deity; guardian deity; local deity
Musashi (former province located in parts of present-day Tokyo, Kanagawa and Saitama prefectures)
shopping district; shopping street; downtown
union; alliance; combination; RENGO (Japanese Trade Union Confederation)
portable shrine (carried in festivals); palanquin; buttocks; lower back
chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus
remains; traces; (the sorrow of) parting; end
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
300; three hundred; 300 mon; trifling amount; shyster
metre; meter; meter; gauge
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
paper lantern; Chinese lantern; Japanese lantern
diamond; (railway) schedule; timetable; diagram
street; quarter; district; area
accompaniment for traditional performances (noh, kabuki, etc.); orchestra; band
tone color; tone colour; tone quality; timbre
circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle
though; notwithstanding; although
temple festival; fair; fete day; day related to a particular deity and thought to bring divine blessing to those who celebrate it
north entrance; north exit
town; block; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares
festival; feast; carnival
south entrance; south exit
to dry up; to parch; to ebb away
this is why; this means; it is the case that
to blame; to reproach; to question (a suspect); to challenge; to aggravate (an injury); to be aggravated
to polish; to shine; to brush (e.g. teeth); to refine (e.g. a skill); to improve; to cultivate
skill; skillful; dexterity; flattery
not all bad; not as dissatisfied (or annoyed) as one would have others believe
to loosen; to slacken; to relax (attention, efforts, etc.); to let down (one's guard); to relax (a rule); to ease (e.g. restrictions)
display of fireworks; firework(s) display
to miss out on going; to fail to go
yukata (light cotton kimono worn in the summer or used as a bathrobe)
to tailor; to make (clothing); to train; to bring up; to make it seem like; to pass off
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen