jacket; book jacket; dust cover; CD jacket; record jacket
to run past from behind; to run through (e.g. gate, one's mind)
cloudy sky; overcast sky; cloudy weather
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
snugly; neatly; compactly; cosily
Osaka (city); (arch.) large hill
and; thereupon; because of that
visit (to a shrine, grave, etc.); worship
home-visit care; home nursing
taking a breather; relaxation; vent hole
(stone) guardian lion-dogs at Shinto shrine
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
place for ritual cleansing of hands and mouth with water when visiting shrines
to slip into; to crawl into (under); to conceal oneself (under); to sneak into; to infiltrate
pull-top; pop-top; pop top; pull tab
miyamairi; newborn child's first visit to a shrine (within about 30 days of being born); visiting a shrine
festival (shrine visit) by children aged 7, 5 and 3; lucky numbers 7, 5 and 3
every year; yearly; annually
neighborhood association; neighbourhood association
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
Bon Festival dance; Lantern Festival dance
cart (esp. a food cart); stall; festival float; portable shrine dedicated to a god and shaped like a house; stage prop fashioned after a large building; framework (of a house, etc.)
pocket money; spending money; pin money; allowance
takoyaki; octopus dumplings
yakisoba; fried noodles, usu. with vegetables and meat
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
Frankfurt (Germany); frankfurter; frank
aromatic (roasted beans, roasted tea, etc.); fragrant (e.g. burning wood); pleasant-smelling; savory-smelling (e.g. barbecued meat); savoury; appetizing
to discharge (e.g. effluent)
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
it doesn't matter what; anything is fine
that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you
to run around trying to escape; to run from place to place
whirlpool; swirl; eddy; vortex; maelstrom
to surge (water or waves)