longevity celebration; old age anniversary
unusual; uncommon; extraordinary; out of the ordinary; incomparable; serious
Bon Festival of the lunar calendar
person in charge of music (in a Japanese dance performance); person singing ballads (in noh); coast (esp. as seen from the water); shore; (arch.) the country; (arch.) countryside
place of worship (in Okinawa)
eisa (Okinawan folk dance that marks the end of the Bon festival)
"dancing" with hands and arms from a seated position; dancing empty-handed
Okinawan-style stewed pork cubes; boned pork rib meat, cut into 5 cm squares, stewed in awamori, soy, dashi broth, and sugar
sitting cross-legged (i.e. Indian style)
krill; euphasiid (any species in the family Euphausiacea)
masked palm civet (Paguma larvata); gem-faced civet
batsu game; punishment given to the loser of a game or contest
sanshin; Okinawan traditional three-stringed instrument; precursor to the shamisen
doctor's no-consultation day
selected (sports) team; picked team; all-star team; selection
young persons' association
to become covered in moss; to become mossy; to grow over with moss; to become aged; to grow old
to say in other words; to put another way; to express in different words; to reword; to rephrase
Japanese macaque (Macaca fuscata)
liquid; liquid hair product
Mars (Roman god); Mars (planet)
elm bark clothes traditionally worn by the Ainu; elm bark textile
postage; carriage; shipping charge
black spot; black dot; bull's-eye; middle dot; interpunct
paradise across the ocean (folk belief of Okinawa and Amami)
sports park; athletic park; stadium
Amamiooshima (island approximately 215 kilometers NE of Okinawa)
Chinese banyan (Ficus microcarpa); Malayan banyan; Indian laurel
carefully; thoroughly; fully; deliberately