leader; boss; upper part of a flag; (Okinawa) bamboo poles with an attached vertical flag and an elaborate display at the top that are used during the annual fertility and thanks-giving festivals
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
association; union; guild
organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)
to put together; to gather; to collect; to scrape together
commander-in-chief; supreme commander
right (to do something); authority; power
strict order; peremptory command
direct control; direct supervision
how many years; how long; what year
wife (esp. one's own wife); court lady; female court attache; (arch.) woman (esp. as a love interest)
the same as it was long ago; unchanged; traditional
to boil; to be boiling hot; to be on a rolling boil
to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)
first year of elementary school; first year elementary school student
counter for buildings (esp. houses); suffix for a pen name, stage name, etc.
(on a) closer look; closer scrutiny; second look
two classes; double; two sets
portable shrine (carried in festivals); buttocks; lower back; waist
pleasures of a pious life; entertainment for or dedicated to a deity or Buddha; pastime; entertainment; free admission
festival; feast; carnival
(Buddhist) lecture meeting; religious association; mutual assistance association (i.e. for financial assistance)
celebratory drink; celebratory spirits; holiday cheer
to get blurred; to get hoarse; to get husky; to graze; to scrape
aloof; morose; stuck-up; smelling strongly of something; having a pungent smell
riverbank; riverside; market on the riverbank (esp. fish market); place (for activities); venue
tuna (edible fish, Thunnus spp.); tunny; Pacific bluefin tuna (edible fish, Thunnus orientalis); dead lay; starfish
forming a circle; circular formation (orig. in battle); huddle; ring
to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit-in (in protest)
vulgar; indecent; crude; jumbled (of a place); disorderly; chaotic
to say to each other; to exchange (jokes, comments, etc.); to quarrel; to dispute
supervision; superintendence; management; supervisor
lottery; lot; raffle; draw
to feel irritated; to feel offended; to feel angry; to feel sick; to feel nauseous
to stick up (hair, etc.); to stand up straight; to stand up abruptly; to jump to one's feet; to stand in one place, doing nothing in particular; to stand around
to hold (in one's hand); to take (into one's hand); to own; to obtain
self-abasement; humility; self-depreciation
(with a) whizzing sound; sound of something whizzing by
to go flying along; to move fast (against the wind)
face; mug; surface; cheek meat; (arch.) cheek; (arch.) cheeks