to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
behavior; behaviour; conduct; entertainment; treat; feast
to keep in mind; to bear in mind; to try; to aim to do; to endeavor; to endeavour
chapter; section; medal; badge; insignia
house built on sand; house of cards
font of purifying water placed at the entrance of a shrine
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
taste; elegance; appearance; air; the likes of ...; lowly people such as ...
display of fireworks; firework(s) display
flood plain; river terrace; riverside area; area between river and river bank
uppercase letter; capital letter; large character; large writing; the (kanji) character "dai" meaning "big"; huge character "dai" formed by fires lit on the side of a mountain in Kyoto on August 16 each year
cooking, esp. frying or stir-frying; heating; tempering; -ware
pointing out; identification
along the river; riverside
shallow river; shallows; flatboat; river boat
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
entering; setting (of the Sun); containing; content; income; beginning
ceremony in which paper lanterns are floated down a river
home area; home town; local
Jizo Festival; child-focused religious festival, in which Jizo statues are decorated, esp. in Kyoto; held on August 23-24
Kshitigarbha (bodhisattva who looks over children, travellers and the underworld) (travelers); Ksitigarbha; Jizo
temple festival; fair; fete day; day related to a particular deity and thought to bring divine blessing to those who celebrate it
twenty-fourth day of the month; twenty-four days
Kshitigarbha (bodhisattva who looks over children, travellers and the underworld); Ksitigarbha; Jizō
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
to watch over; to watch attentively
SuperBall scooping; festival game in which one scoops up rubber bouncy balls floating in water
street stall; stand; booth
director; executive; officer; official; person in charge
to hunt out; to flush out; to round up; to impress; to recruit
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
staff; stuff; stuffing; filling
penance; austerities; mortification; asceticism
curry (esp. Japanese curry); rice and curry
noisily; clamorously; incessantly (complaining, pestering, etc.); going on and on; loudly (crying); wailing
insertion; letter drop; things sent to a prisoner; supply of provisions, refreshments, etc. to someone carrying out a task
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
noisy; confused; uproarious