kind; cordial; hospitable; serious (of an illness)
epidemic; plague; pestilence
Sumida River Firework Festival (Tokyo)
large number (of); many; majority
ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom
river; stream; River; the ... river
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to add up to; to advance (in price)
handing down (information); legend; tradition; folklore; transmission
to look downwards; to lower one's eyes
clothing; costume; outfit; garment; dress
to wear; to be dressed in; to have on
several hundred; hundreds (of)
to become ...-ish; to appear like ...; to have a touch of ...; to become stained with ...; to become steeped with ...; to become smeared with ...
fireworks display; display of fireworks
repose of a soul; ceremony for the repose of a departed soul
Obon; Bon Festival; Buddhist festival for honouring the spirits of one's ancestors, held in mid-August or in some regions, mid-July; tray
Sumida River (in Tokyo); Sumidagawa
fire festival (often celebrating the absence of fires); New Year's ritual at Izumo Shrine; festival involving fire dedicated to the gods
origin; beginning; source
great famine; severe famine
dead person; (the) deceased; (the) dead; casualties
to mourn for; to grieve for; to condole with (the bereaved family, etc.); to hold a memorial service for; to hold a funeral service for
one night; all night; overnight; one evening
(dead) body; corpse; remains
from the place (where); from the fact that ...; caused by the fact that ...; because
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
victim; injured party; sufferer
interview (on television, in a newspaper, etc.)
to report; to inform; to repay; to return; to requite
abundant (grain) crop; good harvest
harvest; crop; fruits (of one's labors); gain; catch (fishing); bag (hunting)
to celebrate; to congratulate; to present (a gift) in celebration; to drink in celebration; to wish for (a happy future, good fortune, etc.); to pray for
town; city; municipal; urban
agricultural community; farm village; rural
in short; the point is; the important thing is; in a word; basically
consideration; guess; conjecture; judgement
conquest (of a difficulty, illness, crisis, etc.); overcoming; surmounting; bringing under control
dancing; dance; iteration mark (used to represent repetition of the previous character); Bon Festival dance; Lantern Festival dance; eating live seafood (e.g. squid, ice gobies) while it is still moving; soft spot (in the skull of an infant)
(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)