Aomori Nebuta Festival (August 2-7)
to live up to (one's) expectations
to be indelibly stained or ingrained; to be dyed in deeply
thin, soft membrane inside the tip of a bamboo culm; silky inner covering at the tip of a bamboo shoot
armchair; chair with arm rests; senior staff
someone with hair combed in stripes across their bald spot
(governmental) branch office; subprefecture
the Kyōhō Reforms (1736 economic reforms)
all those interested (in the matter); all those willing; (from) all of us; (from) everyone concerned
ninjutsu art of water-escape
conquest; subjugation; overcoming
entry permission (to a country); landing permission; shore leave
bursting at the seams; bulging
snub nose; pug nose; button-shaped nose; bulbous nose; cauliflower-shaped nose
private residence temporarily taking lodgers